Imphal, Dec. 30: About 500 goods trucks have started for Imphal along the blockade-hit 220 km Imphal-Jiribam sector of National Highway 37 under security cover on Friday morning.
The goods trucks include 29 oil tankers, four LPG trucks, 140 cement, 7 medicine and 12 rice trucks besides 343 trucks carrying various other items, sources said. However, 300-plus other goods trucks are still stranded at Jiribam district headquarters on the Manipur-Assam border awaiting security escort for their movement.
On the Christmas Day, around 500 goods trucks, including 138 oil tankers, 43 LPG trucks, 55 cement, three medicine and 10 rice trucks, left Jiribam and started to arrive here the following day.
It may be noted that Manipur is reeling under scarcity of essential items, particularly petroleum products, due to the indefinite economic blockade called by United Naga Council on National Highways 2 and 37 since November 1, in protest against the State Government’s decision to make Sadar Hills and Jiribam full-fledged districts.
The movement of trucks was initiated after Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju visited the state to take stock of the situation in the State on December 23.
Meanwhile, with the arrival and subsequent stocks at the respective godowns, rationing of the fuel and LPG cylinders are on in the state.
