Tenyimi Youth Organisation of Dimapur (TYOD) has appealed to the Dimapur district administration to revoke the order on closure of NH-29 stretch from Patkai bridge to Kukidolong on humanitarian grounds.
In a letter addressed to the deputy commissioner (DC) Dimapur, the Tenyimi Youth Organisation of Dimapur president Thejangulie Kire stated that closure of National Highway-29 stretch under the pretext of carrying four-lane construction works has “tremendously” affected the general public and the locality of surrounding villages in particular.
While blocking of highway due to landslide from time to time brought “untold misery” to the commuter, the youth body stated that subsequent order to close the highway has economically affected the general public badly.
Further, the youthorganisation claimed that night curfew order and half-day shutter down due to Covid have also “contributed to the factor for causing inconvenience to the public in general and the surrounding villages in particular.”
The youth body said that government-run Community Health Centre and Primary Health Centre were at stake, but those health centres “act as first aid to ease pain of the suffering though “very poorly equipped.” The youth organisation has, therefore, reiterated that the closure of NH-29 stretch has “brought unbearable misery to this locality.”