If one of the wooden piece is broken, there will be NO surface link between Manipur and Mainland India!
Present Structure of a bridge at NH-53
Deplorable condition of NH-53, Imphal-Jiribam Road as seen in June 2010, the rainy and Land-slide season in Manipur .
Read a Press Release about this here.
Picture Credit :: NEPO - North East Peoples' Organisation - nepo7state(at)gmail(dot)com