After 10 yrs Train Reaches Jiribam

Imphal, Aug 6 : After a gap of about ten years, a goods train has arrived at Jiribam in the Manipur-Assam border ferrying goods for Manipur.

Reports said that a train loaded with food grains had reached Jiribam carrying 770 metric tons of food grains for Manipur this evening.

The food grains will be unloaded into a godown in Jiribam by tomorrow and the transportation to Imphal will follow soon after, according to the reports received. Jiribam is a Manipur subdivision located in the Manipur-Assam border.

Meanwhile, a source said that 60 loaded goods trucks have arrived Imphal through National Highway-39 today while 127 empty trucks have left the state capital along the same route. CRPF personnel are escorting goods trucks along the NH-39.

Reports said that the trucks are reluctant to travel along the NH-39 but the state government used the state security forces personnel to round them up to ply along the NH-39 as the stocks of essential commodities in the state are fast depleting.

Meanwhile, the Transporters and Drivers' Council (TDC) has re-iterated its earlier stand never to ply again the Imphal-Dimapur route.

The TDC appeals the general public and the concerned authorities of the state to put their effort in making the Imphal-Silchar route of NH-53 as the main life-line of the state.

Via Newmai News Network