AMITSWA demands deployment of security along NH 2

By A Staff Reporter

IMPHAL | Nov 23

All Manipur Interstate Taxi Service Welfare Association has appealed to the government to deploy security personnel on National Highway No. 2 for the safety of the passengers and drivers.

While speaking to media here at Manipur Press Club, All Manipur Interstate Taxi Service Welfare Association joint secretary, Laishram Bhonilal appealed to the chief minister to deploy security forces for the safety of the drivers and passengers travelling through NH 2.

He said that the drivers and the passengers travelling on the highway have been facing harassments from unknown miscreants since the beginning of the year.

He continued the drivers have faced much harassment while passing particularly through Taphou village and Keithelmanbi. The unknown miscreants have looted passengers and asked ransom to drivers without informing whether they are from any known UG’s groups, he asserted.

Further he said that on November 1 one passenger of Winger vehicle with registration No. MNO12155 coming from Dimapur was looted Rs.3000 at Keithelmanbi. He said that five more passengers have been looted in the past months by unknown armed men.

Bhonilal lamented that with such harassments and problems faced by the drivers and the passengers cannot be tolerated any more by the association.

He urged the chief minister and other higher authorities to look into the matter within 15 days. He also added that if the government fails to meet their demands, taxi services plying through NH2 will be called off.