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Manipur Chief Minister N Biren meeting with transporters and officials in Imphal on April 1, Saturday.[/caption]
Our Correspondent
Imphal, April 1(EMN): Manipur Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh on Saturday said that he will be meeting the chief ministers of Nagaland and Assam along with Union Home Minister in Guwahati to sign an agreement with his Nagaland counterpart to ensure free movement of Manipur vehicles.Stating that the initiative was being taken up considering report of disturbance of vehicles with the Manipur Registration number within Nagaland, Chief Minister Biren also appealed to Transporters’ Associations (both Goods and Passenger) to ply along National Highways 2 without waiting for convoy as there is no blockade and also assured them to give security cover along the National Highways by foot patrolling with the Indian Reserve Battalion/Manipur Rifles personnel.
Biren made the appeal during a meeting with the members of Manipur Truck Owner Welfare Association and United Bus Owners’ Welfare Association held at Chief Minister’s Office in which Parliamentary Secretary (Transport) Khasim Vashum, Chief Secretary O Nabakishore Singh, Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Dr Suresh Babu, Commissioner (Transport) M Lakshmikumar attended.
In the day’s meeting he informed the Transporters’ that the Centre has given green signal to raise 4 Indian Reserve Battalion battalions for Highway Protection Force.
The meeting also discussed about the incidents of recent road accidents along the two National Highways and instructed the Chief Secretary to conduct an enquiry to find the causes of the road accidents. In view of the increasing number of road accidents, he also instructed the Commissioner (Transport) to take up the road safety measures like marking of Zebra crossing, traffic signs in front of schools, road diversions, curves etc. from tomorrow and also to ban the use of Gas Horns in and around Imphal city.
Advising the state chief secretary to initiate an enquiry into the failure of Traffic Signal lights installed in some parts of Imphal city, he also stressed the need to build foot bridges at certain locations where traffic congestion is high in the Imphal city area and to review the mode of giving driving license.