Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 12 2009:
Taking serious note of the deplorable conditions of certain stretch of NH-39, which are looked after by the 15 BRTF, the Senapati District Students' Association has decided to take their case to the Director General of BRTF at New Delhi.
Officials of 15 BRTF, stationed at Kohima however refuted the allegations of the student body maintaining that the improvement work of NH-39 on the Maram-Mao stretch is progressing smoothly.
SDSA president Peter Kuba said that the Maram-Mao portion of NH-39 has been in a deplorable state for years and added that the work taken up by the BRTF is not satisfactory.
"Our representatives will head for New Delhi either on January 16 or 17 and submit a representation to the DG of BRTF as well as to the Ministry concerned to speed up the improvement work," said the student leader.
If nothing positive comes then SDSA will launch a series of agitation, warned the student leader.
A senior officer of the 15 BRTF, while rejecting the allegation said, "Along the said stretch we have constructed 30 large culverts and all necessary machinery including hot mixed plant are operating.
Besides completing road correction work for 5 Kms we have also completed black topping a kilometre stretch" .