More than 200 trucks stranded in Maram area
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, July 07 2011:
More than 100 stranded loaded trucks are waiting their turn to drive down towards Imphal at the landslide hit Maram bazar, 80km north of Imphal, while an equal number of empty trucks lining up on the other side of the NH 39, to move towards Dimapur (Nagaland) .
The movement of the trucks has been severely affected to landslide at Maram since the last few days.
Maram Students Union had already sought help and cooperation from the concerned authorities to properly make the route motorable.
This picture was taken by Karaiba,a resident of Maram Bazar at around 6.10pm today, saying that the trucks started lining up at Maram since morning (7am) onwards.
Presently one JCV has been reportedly put into service to clear the route.
A large portion of NH-39 has sunk between Maram Bazar and Maram Centre beneath the 5 Assam Rifles camp.
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For the past few days, mudslide has continually has taken away the periphery wall and consequent landslide is threatening to wash away major chunks of the highway.
At least five feet of the highway has disappeared and cracks have developed at the adjoining area.
The sunken portion of the highway is 100 metres from the spot of last year's landslide which led to sinking of the highway for a length of 100 feet.