NHIDCL urged
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, June 05 2025: Representatives of the All Manipur Road Transport Drivers' and Motor Workers' Union (AMRTD&MWU), Surface Transport Hill Areas Drivers' Welfare Union (STHADWU), and Senapati District Drivers' Welfare Union (SDWU) have called on the Executive Director of the National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), urging him to repair the collapsed section of the Imphal-Dimapur road at Phesama, Nagaland.

Speaking to the media, AMRTD&MWU general secretary Maimom Anil said representatives from the union and its partner associations briefed NHIDCL Regional Office (Kohima) Executive Director RP Singh on the challenges faced by drivers on the Imphal-Dimapur route due to the road collapse at Phesama.

According to Anil, RP Singh stated that the road repair could be finished in 10 days if the land issue is settled.

He added that they offered to lend machinery to NHIDCL to facilitate the repair work.

Anil also said that representatives of the three drivers' unions held a meeting with the Phesama Village Council chairman to address the road closure issue.

The village chairman, after being urged to resolve the land issue, expressed his willingness to settle it soon, potentially today, he said.

Anil continued that they will conduct a survey starting tomorrow to determine if loaded trucks can safely traverse the Maram-Peren road, which connects to Dimapur.

A free medical camp will be held for the stranded drivers on June 7, he said.

Meanwhile, a joint team comprising representatives from the All Jiribam Road Transport Drivers' Union, Oinamlong Drivers' and Handymen Care Welfare Union, and Hill Area Drivers Union, Khongsang, has departed for Dimapur to assess the situation of drivers stranded in Nagaland due to the Phesama road collapse.

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