Dimapur, August 28 (EMN): A ‘highway monitoring committee’ for Chetheba circle has appreciated the residents of Thenyizumi village and other organisations for ‘rendering voluntary service’ in clearing and repairing a stretch of the Chakhabama-Zunheboto via Chetheba / Chazuba road on August 22. The road was damaged during the monsoon and due to the abandonment of the two-lane road project by the Maytas & Gayatri Construction under the SARDP-NE project.
Updates stated on Sunday that the members of the committee had expressed opinion that after the ‘abrupt earth cutting and abandonment of the project by the company,’ the villages along the road were suffering due to its deplorable condition.
Although the road was cleared for traffic, movement of heavy vehicles between Chakhabama-Chetheba is restricted because some of the worst-affected areas are still not usable for heavily loaded vehicles. The committee has appealed to truck owners and drivers, state transport buses to take note.
The committee has reportedly asked the government that ‘considerable amount of funds’ had been ‘spent by the individuals and nongovernmental village level agencies / groups.’ Labour has been rendered for maintenance of this stretch of road too, it was informed. “Therefore the government is requested to immediately assess and spot verify the affected areas and do the needful to ensure at least smooth flow of vehicle,” stated the committee’s Convenor Vepozoyi Theyo.
