Our Correspondent
Kohima, March 23 (EMN): Heavy rain accompanied by hailstorms on Sunday afternoon caused a drain to spill out wastes on to the National Highway 29 (NH-29) along the Mohonkhola locality in the state’s capital town Kohima. However, before the authorities took cognizance of the situation, citizens residing in the area took the effort of cleaning the debris.
The wastes containing plastic bottles and wrappers piled up in a drain near the traffic point, which overflowed on to the highway as the rain lashed down on the city. It was learned that the wastes, which were being thrown into the drain from the middle sector of New Minister's Hill area, flow towards the highway.
Meanwhile, some residents in Kohima have complained of untimely discharge of eptic tanks by “irresponsible” people, causing much inconvenience.
Commercial vehicles caught plying
Kohima traffic police (KTP) on Sunday caught around 40 passenger taxis plying despite the ban order issued by the chief secretary of Nagaland on commercial vehicles.
Speaking to Eastern Mirror at the traffic control, PR Hill Kohima, the deputy superintendent of police, Kohima Traffic, Manom Wallim, informed that the defaulters were caught and booked by the KTP personnel at around 11:30 am on Monday.
He maintained that vehicles were booked following the government order and added that lockdown was meant for public safety.
The officer sought support of the citizens to obey the laws and rules, as directed by the government.
The order for partial lockdown in the state, as a precautionary measure to break the chain of transmission on Covid-19, was enforced from March 22 midnight.