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Extortion forces truckers' strike
- NSCN-IM demand for Rs 400 per truck in Mon prompts decision
The Telegraph | November 2, 2011:
Constant harassment and extortion demand by cadres of the Isak-Muivah faction of the NSCN has forced Assam truckers to suspend services to Nagaland’s Mon district since last evening.
The development is likely to hamper construction at the ongoing Bogibeel project in Dibrugarh because bulk of the boulders for the project comes from Mon district of the neighbouring state.
About 50 trucks carry boulders to the Bogibeel project from Mon daily. The trucks ply on the Sonari-Namtola Road in Sivasagar district bordering Nagaland.
The president of the Sonari Truck Owners Association, Basanta Konwar, said the NSCN (I-M) militants demand Rs 400 per truck ferrying boulders from Mon district failing which the militant outfit has threatened to torch the vehicles.
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