Heavy pipes roll down from overloaded vehicle
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 01 2024:
Heavy and long square iron poles slided/fell off from a moving Tata DI in the middle of Minuthong-Kekrupat road today at around 9.30 am.
Notably, Minuthong-Kekrupat road is among the busiest roads in Imphal and many accidents have taken place along this road stretch.
In a statement, the Kekru-pat Minuthong Development Committee claimed that the Tata DI bearing Manipur registration number was transporting iron poles beyond its carrying capacity.
The iron poles slided/fell off in front of the vehicle and blocked its own way while it was coming from Minuthong towards North AOC.
The committee said that a major tragedy could have taken place had there been vehicles in front and the rear side of the Tata DI.
The committee claimed that Traffic personnel and police have been turning a blind eye to transportation of timbers, bamboos and other heavy objects in a risky manner and beyond the carrying capacities of the vehicles.
Saying that traffic congestion has become a common phenomenon along the Minuthong road, the committee appealed to the relevant authorities to look into the matter at the earliest and also disallow transportation of goods and objects beyond the carrying capacity and in a risky manner.