Imphal-Moreh road bandh in full swing
One Maruti van, two diesel Auto Rickshaws, one Jeep, one Alto car and 15 two wheelers damaged
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Imphal, July 15 2012: The indefinite bandh called along Imphal-Moreh road by Tata Sumo and Van Welfare Association, Kakching since July 13 in protest against burning down of a Tata Sumo and a Bolero by suspected armed cadres of NSCN-IM at a spot in between Bongyang and Thamnapokpi in the evening of July 11 continued to give a serious impact on the normal life of the people.

On the third day of the bandh today, 20 vehicles were damaged by bandh supporters.

The damaged vehicles included one Maruti van, two diesel Auto Rickshaws, one Jeep, one Alto car and 15 two wheelers.

The bandh was total in Kakching Lamkhai and Laimangai Chingjin area near Pallel.

With vehicles barred from plying along Imphal-Moreh road, people were seen coming on foot from Pallel to kakching Lamkhai.

Bandh being enforced along Imphal-Moreh Road

One Haoshu, who was going from Chandel to Imphal, informed Hueiyen Lanpao that whatever be the circumstances it was not the right approach to burn down vehicles or call bandhs.

Both the acts which caused lot of inconveniences to the common people deserved to be condemned in the strongest terms.

The government should come up with certain strategies so as to avoid further damage to vehicles and other public properties along Imphal-Moreh road, Haoshu demanded.

A security personnel deployed along Imphal-Moreh road said that the Home Department has made security arrangement along Imphal-Moreh road from 8am to 4pm every day.

However, vehicles plying along the road after 4 pm cannot be safeguarded as the security personnel are not deployed along the stretch of road after 4 pm.

The security personnel appealed to all passenger carrying vehicles to cross Pallel check post before 4 pm.

A spokesperson of the Tata Sumo and Van Welfare Association, Kakching informed Hueiyen Lanpao that a Tata Sumo and a Bolero were intercepted and burnt down by suspected cadres of NSCN-IM in between Bongyang and Thamnapokpi on July 11 after all the passengers and drivers were dragged out.

The armed cadres also took away money, mobiles phones and other valuables from the drivers and the passengers.

Such act of harassing innocent people is condemnable.

So, the Association has launched indefinite bandh along Imphal-Moreh road.

The bandh would continue as long as the government does not come up with a specific plan to ensure such crimes are not repeated along the road, the spokesperson said.

He also informed that the Bolero, which was burnt down, had goods worth around Rs 11 lakhs and the Tata Sumo was carrying goods worth around Rs 16 lakhs.

The burnt down vehicles were still seen remaining unattended at the spot.