Tamenglong JAC to step up agitation against BRTF
Source: Hueiyen News Service / NNN

Imphal, July 23 2014: The Joint Action Committee (JAC) against the tragic accident of BRTF truck on June 19, 2014 has decided to take up further course of agitation as no response has come forth from the road construction agency.

On June 30 in its memorandum to the BRTF, the JAC had served an ultimatum to compensate the victims of the accident.

According to the JAC, the ill fated accident took place on June 19 between Irang and Khongsang NH-37 when 7 persons were killed and 16 others injured due to the negligence of the BRTF 83-RCC management.

It alleged that the BRTF truck carrying full loaded sand and also carrying about 25 labourers on that fateful day had been used for the task far away from the normal work site.

The labourers including Meingangphang (deceased) were asking to drivers to drive slowly but the truck kept accelerating till it fell into the gorge, the JAC stated.

The JAC demands compensation for deceased persons and those injured, reimbursement against funeral and medical treatment expenses and appointment to the next of kins of the deceased while working as employees and those injured.

The last meeting was held on July 21, with the BRTF OC-83 RCC at Noney but the meeting was inconclusive due to the lack of concrete response from the BRTF OC-83 RCC, the JAC alleged.

The JAC said it will hold joint meeting with the victims' families, Zeliangrong frontal organisations and all concerned for taking up agitation in the earliest date in view of poor response of the guilty BRTF.

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