DIMAPUR, SEPTEMBER 16 (MExN): ADC Noklak, M. Chaitanya Prasad in a notification has informed that the bridge (culvert) across Lien stream at 11 Km from Chendang Saddle has been critically damaged and threatens to totally cut off the Sub-division from the rest of the State.
In this connection, a DIPR report stated that the ADC has notified on banning the movement of heavy vehicles from Chingmei to Noklak and vice versa with immediate effect till further notice. No vehicles above gross weight of 4 tonnes would be allowed to ply on the said road till the repair is complete.
Until then, only the following categories of vehicles would be allowed to ply- Tata 407 and similar class, Mahindra Pickups, Tata 207, Sumos, Jeeps, Boleros and other passenger cars.
Further, commercial vehicle and taxi service operators have been informed to strictly abide to the permissible carrying capacity of the vehicles, the notification stated. It cautioned that defaulters will be fined and prosecuted as per the provision of the law.
