DIMAPUR, AUGUST 10 (MExN): The only road connecting Ghokuto village to EAC headquarter Nihokhu which stretches 8 kilometres has been blocked for about three weeks due to landslide caused by heavy rains. Urging the department of PWD (Roads & Bridges) to look in the dire situation faced by the villagers, the head GB of the village G. Shikavi Zhimo, in a press release informed that the village has remained completely cut off, with the only motorable road to the village being cut off. The head GB stated that the construction of the said road commenced in 2012 under PMGSY and is yet to be completed. The GB informed that the village had written a letter to the Chief Engineer PWD (R&B), Nagaland in 2015 but so far the concerned department has not taken any initiative to press for completion of the said road. He added that the village had on its own tried it’s best to maintain the road by deploying villagers and funds managed by the village council. However the condition of the road had gone from bad to worse and the village authority is no more able to tackle the situation, he added.
