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Buses to go off NH39 from Monday in protest against truce
Transport operators will stop plying buses along Imphal-Kohima-Guwahati NH 39 from Monday in protest against the extension of Centre-NSCN(I-M) truce in Manipur.
Transport operators will stop plying buses along Imphal-Kohima-Guwahati NH 39 from Monday in protest against the extension of Centre-NSCN(I-M) truce in Manipur.
A spokesman of the inter state bus agencies said that if the ceasefire extension was not withdrawn by July 27, the agencies would hand over the permits of NH 39 to Manipur governor Ved Marwah the next day.
Transport operators had tolerated for years the huge extortion and harassment by Naga militants along this highway. But how can we tolerate now when the boundary of our state is threatened, he said.
Official sources said the decision by bus operators would cause extreme inconvenience to the people as NH39, which passes through the hill district of Senapati and a large portion of Nagaland, was considered the lifeline of Manipur for thousands of people used this to travel to and outside the state as it had no railhead.
Transport operators would now ply their buses and vehicles along Imphal-Jiribam-Silchar NH 53, which passes through Tamenglong hill district and Silchar in Assam, though it was not in a good condition, the spokesman said.
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Transport operators had tolerated for years the huge extortion and harassment by Naga militants along this highway. But how can we tolerate now when the boundary of our state is threatened, he said.
Official sources said the decision by bus operators would cause extreme inconvenience to the people as NH39, which passes through the hill district of Senapati and a large portion of Nagaland, was considered the lifeline of Manipur for thousands of people used this to travel to and outside the state as it had no railhead.
Transport operators would now ply their buses and vehicles along Imphal-Jiribam-Silchar NH 53, which passes through Tamenglong hill district and Silchar in Assam, though it was not in a good condition, the spokesman said.
Bureau Report