Taking serious note of the hardships faced by the public of Meluri sub-division due to non-availability of NST bus services, Pochury Hoho (PH) has demanded that the state government immediately resume bus services at Meluri.
PH demanded daily bus services from Meluri to- Phek, Laruri, Phor, Phokhungri, Dimapur and Kohima, and night service from Meluri- Dimapur, Dimapur – Meluri (Two ways daily). In a press statement, PH general secretary Er. Vichutho Nyusou said it found the non-availability of bus services, when the hoho officials visited Meluri NST station on Monday following complaints from the public.
During the visit, the office was found locked and only one bus was parked in the station, and the yard master was absent from his duty since last year, the hoho said.
“It is very disheartening to see the pathetic office building as comparable to a stable and the non proper functioning of the office”, said PH.
It questioned the NST department why it was neglecting the far flung areas by becoming a “dying department”? It claimed that only one bus was stationed at Meluri, when there was supposed to be eight buses plying under Meluri NST station.
Therefore, PH urged the state government to take up necessary steps at the earliest.