• Bandh to restrict movement of fuel tankers and Nagaland govt registered vehicles
• Movement of other vehicles will not be disturbed
DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 15 (MExN): The indefinite NH-29 bandh called by the Co-ordination Committee on Fuel Adulteration (CCoFA) will begin on October 17 from 6:00am.
A press note from the CCoFA informed that as a first part of its agitation, no tankers or government vehicles (NL-10s) will be allowed to ply on the said route. However NST buses will be exempted from the bandh.
Informing that volunteers will be deployed at New Field Check Gate, Dillai Gate and Chumoukedima Check point, the CCoFA informed travellers to “be careful since entry of government vehicles to Dimapur from Assam side too will be barred nor allowed to leave for Assam.”
“The nature of the indefinite bandh is such that there shall be no restrictions on vehicular movements inside the towns, including government vehicles,” it added. However movement of oil tankers inside the town will be prohibited.
The CCoFA cautioned that if the government does not accede to their demands for CBI inquiry into fuel adulteration in the state, it would initiate the 2nd phase of indefinite highway bandh where vehicular movement will be “totally stopped, state-wide.” It further requested all Manipur tankers to avoid plying on NH-29.
The CCoFA assured the public that the indefinite bandh will be peaceful, and appealed to all its supporters that “there should be no violence since the agitation is on a moral issue.
Fuel Adulteration Issue: Govt
asks CCoFA to call off bandh
• Says not advisable to change the investigation agency
• Charge-sheets to be submitted in ten days
DIMAPUR, OCTOBER 15 (MExN): An emergency cabinet meeting was held on October 15 to deliberate on the recommendations of the Coordination Committee on Fuel Adulteration (CCoFA) demanding transferring of the two fuel adulteration cases registered in Dimapur to CBI for investigation.
It also discussed the CCoFA ultimatum, which threatened to enforce a bandh on the National Highways within Nagaland State from October 17 onwards, in case their demand is not met.
A press release from the Nagaland Chief Minister, TR Zeliang and Chief Secretary, RB Thong informed that due deliberation was done taking into consideration the detailed SIT report on the progress of the investigation made so far in the two cases and the inputs from the Chief Secretary, DGP and other officers were also taken.
The meeting decided that “as the investigation by the SIT is in advanced stage, it is not advisable to change the investigation agency at this juncture.”
Meanwhile, the DGP was directed to instruct the SIT to submit an interim report to the government and also file charge sheets in the court within the next 10 days.
The press release further informed that the Chief Secretary would convey the decision of the cabinet to the representatives of the coordination committee and the “substantial progress made by SIT, whose mandate is to comprehensively cover the subject matter as given in the two FIRs.”
Informing, that the charge sheets would be submitted in 10 days, the press release asked the CCoFA to call off the proposed bandh on National Highways from October 17.
