KSO Chandel bans movement of heavy vehicles on Imphal-Moreh highway
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Chandel, September 28 2015: Despite imposing a ban on plying of heavy vehicles along Moreh-Imphal road from Pallel by Public Works Department (PWD), National Highway Division, fully loaded heavy vehicles continue to move along the National Highway 102.This has hampered the repairing works along the road.

When a team of Kuki Students ' Organization (KSO) Chandel and a media team inspected the road on Sunday, several vehicles were found violating the order of PWD.

Heavy vehicles continue to ply from Imphal to Moreh despite the ban order.

Several Shaktiman trucks are transporting timber and forest products from Moreh to Saivom and Senam village and taking them to Imphal by buses.

The condition of the sinking road portion along Imphal-Moreh section of National Highway 102 in between Tengnoupal and Chahmol has worsened due to continued plying of heavy vehicles.

Speaking to the media persons, Ch Pachoh Kom, Chief of Sibong Khudenthabi village who is also a former MDC said that Imphal-Moreh Highway is one of the lifelines not only for the people of Moreh and its surrounding villages but also for the whole people of the State.

The road from Heirok to Moreh via Leibi is only the alternative route of the Imphal-Moreh Highway, he added.

He said, "Now we have to depend solely on Imphal-Moreh section of National Highway 102 as some portions of the road stretch from Heirok to Moreh had been damaged by the recent landslide.

The people of Moreh and its surrounding villages were apprehensive about remaining cut off from the rest of the State, added the village chief.

While appealing to the State Government and social organisatons to check movement of heavy vehicles, S Khudengthabi Chief also expressed that he along with his villagers had resolved to enforce a ban on movement of heavy vehicles along the road.

Lhunminlal Haokip, Secretary of Health and Environment, KSO Chandel also said that following the deteriorating road condition of Imphal-Moreh road particularly the sunken portion of the road near Tengnoupal, the students' body decided to enforce immediate ban on movement of heavy vehicles including ten-wheeler ones along the section of highway till the road is fully repaired.

He also said that if heavy vehicles continue to ply along this road, the border town will remain totally cut off for many days as there is no alternative bypass road that can connect between Tengnoupal and Chahmol.

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