Imphal, Oct 24 NNN : The Zeliangrong Youth Front (ZYF-AMN) has alleged that transporters plying along the National Highway 37 have become a problem for the public confining along the highway as the drivers normally carry out their duties after getting drunk.
On October 26, a meeting will be convened on the matter. David Kamei, joint secretary of the ZYF-AMN said in a press statement that there have been numerous accidents occurring along the NH-37 mainly because the transporters are drunk. Citing the past cases, David Kamei stated that drunk drivers of heavy vehicles speeding through villages along the national highway have also been affecting psychologically to the villagers for a long time time. “This mess should be checked by the authorities concerned so as to avoid accidents and also not to create a kind of botheration for the villagers,” asserted the ZYF leader.
As recent as on October 22, a truck bearing registration No. AS-18/8377 driven by a person identified as one Moirangthem Naoba of Moirang who was in an inebriated state, hit a Bolero Invader in which the ZYF team was traveling near Pongringlong (Charoipandongba) village causing damage to the vehicle. “We escaped miraculously,” stated the ZYF leader. The ZYF statement also cited numerous past incidents caused by the drunk drivers along the NH-37.
“There was an incident where a Tata Sumo bearing registration No. MN-01A/ 8779 met with an accident near Khongshang village killing 5 persons with 7 others passengers seriously injured on July 20 this year while trying to divert from the high speed convoy of trucks but the truck responsible for the accident remain untraceable till today,” the ZYF said.
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