Kohima, Oct 28 : Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio today instructed the 15th Border Road Task Force (BRTF) under the BRO to restore the National Highway-39 at the earliest, which remained blocked over three months due to landslides at the KMC Dumping Site.
Mr Rio, along with by Nagaland Assembly Speaker Kiyanelie Peseyie, Nagaland Additional Chief Secretary and Development Commissioner Alemtemshi Jamir, Commissioner and Secretary of Roads and Bridges Temjen Toy, Additional Chief Engineer of Roads and Bridges V Kiehie, visited the landslide-hit highway.
He expressed his displeasure at the delay in restoring the lifeline between Nagaland and Manipur.
''It is a serious matter. The BRTF, under the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), has failed to restore it even after over three months,'' Mr Rio said and asked the Commanding Officer of the BRTF to send all the relevant documents for restoration to his office for an immediate examination.
Mr Rio also assured all possible aids to the BRTF from the state government and said that, if possible, he want the road to be restored by tomorrow itself.
The Chief Minister and the officials took a stock of the damage triggered by landslides and provided some suggestions like construction of resistance walls.
The Commanding Officer of the 15 BRTF Col Maladi told newspersons at the site that entire three-and-half-km of the area was under the grip of landslide due to water seepage owing to paddy cultivation above the area.
''It is not immediately possible to restore the road as landslides were triggered by heavy to medium rainfall. The earth is still not yet stable. I hope that a portion of the NH-39 will be opened for light vehicles in the next ten days,'' Mr Maladi added.
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