Senapati District Students’ Association demands road improvement in 10 days

Peeved over the “permanent” poor condition and slow repairing works along the Senapati-Mao route along the NH-2, the Senapati District Students’ Association (SDSA) has demanded satisfactory improvement within 10 days.

The union president L.R John in a press statement said in failure to positively respond within the stipulated time, the SDSA has decided to resort to PWD office picketing, machinery picketing and immediate halt of road related works on NH-2.

The union stated that mere transportation of materials and few men on road would not lessen the inconvenience faced by the general public and therefore asked the authority to fully complete within January 2012.

SDSA also demanded the concerned contractors and PWD (Highway division), Senapati H/Q to immediately come out with necessary clarification as to why the NH-2 from Senapati to Mao portion was lying in this present condition.

It may be recalled that, since 2008, the SDSA has been persistently crusading for improvement of the then NH-39 now NH-2 through numerous memorandums, reminders, MoUs, total bandhs, economic bandh and public consultative meetings.

However, with “no sight of relieve” to the public even after sufficient funds were sanctioned by centre government, SDSA has decided to resume agitation against the department and the agency in-charge.