Congress writes to Dimapur DC to act on road, traffic woes

Dimapur, August 14 (EMN): The District Congress Committee of Dimapur has written to the administration to address various public concerns associated with the condition of roads in the commercial town, besides demanding steps to manage the town’s traffic.
The memorandum from the committee was addressed to the deputy commissioner of Dimapur. The statement was appended by Kughato S Aye, president of the District Congress Committee.
The present condition of the roads has made life miserable for people without any signs of relief, the committee stated. “The roads in and around Dimapur town have become even worse than river beds while the earlier pot holes have given way to huge craters. The repairing jobs of filling those craters with stones and muds is just a futile exercise with no sign of state government taking concrete majors to address the situation at hand,” the statement lamented.
As the head of the district administration, the deputy commissioner is aware that the ‘patience of citizens is being stretched beyond tolerance limit,’ it explained. The committee has appealed for his intervention “to alleviate the sufferings of the public before matter go out of control.”
The administration is appealed to take immediate steps to direct the department in concern to stop “cosmetic repair of roads with stones and mud.” Likewise, it should appraise the state government about the urgent requirement to “pulling every available resource to repair the roads within the next fortnight.”
Again, the administration is asked to restrict movement of heavy transport vehicles ‘specially multi axle trucks, majority of which are carrying more than the prescribed pay load.’
The administration should also regulate the flow of traffic and ‘punish the errant drivers by leaving fine on the spot,’ the committee stated.