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Pathetic roads conditions, drinking water problem irk Leimaram locals

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Pathetic condition of the road leading to Leimaram from Tiddim road where the tourist destination Sadu Chiru Waterfall is located and the government inability to provide proper drinking water to villagers inhabiting around the area has irked the locals of the area prompting them to initiate extreme form of agitation including band, blockade and boycott of the local MLA.
“Highest number of road accident occurred in between the road stretch from Tiddim road to Sadu Chiru Water Fall in Leimaram which is only 8 KM in length due to its dilapidated condition’ , said Ningthoujam Ibomcha, President, Joint Action Development Committee of Leimaram, Waroi Ching, Awang Heinoubok and Makha Heinoubok  in a press meet held  today at Manipur Press Club.
The road stretch has been left unattended by the state government even though the government has been talking about development of tourist center in the state.
“Every one of us knows that Sadu Chiru Waterfall is a Tourist Destination and the government except praising and recalling about its beauty through microphone and public meeting nothing has been done to improve the area since the last 6/7 years’, he added.
He also said that with the popularity of the Sadu Chiru Waterfall the traffic volume is very high along the road stretch as more and more people visited the place frequently.
“More than 1000 vehicles ranging from by cycle to tourist vehicles and private, passenger loaded vehicles to heavy weight trucks for commercial purposes passed through this road every day”, he added
The road is only 17 ft wide and the volume of the vehicular movement is very high beside the dilapidated road condition has cause extreme problem to the villagers as well as to the vehicles.
“Our committee has submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister of Manipur and to the Works’s Minister on August 4 this year for improvement of the road. But no positive response has been given till now”, he said.
Beside this the villagers at Leimaram area and its surrounding have been facing undeservedly drinking water problem as the water supply scheme inaugurated in 2011 is of no use for them as the tap water could not reach to the villages which are located at a higher place. The Circle MLA gave his word to build a separate water tank at Waroi Ching hillock for the sake of villagers’ convenience but the commitment has not been converted to action till today, said Ningthoujam Ibomcha.
The committee has warned that if the government and authorities concern do not turn up till last of this month, the villagers has decided to start various agitations including boycott of circle MLA from November first.
The villages has decided to ban tourists from entering the spots, will ban all commercial vehicles and will take up many other activities, he added.  He further said that if the government still remain deaf to the grievances of the people, the people will be left with no choice but to block all vehicular movement along the road. Besides, there is no reason on why the local MLA should not be boycotted.
On the hand, a Police Commando post located at the site, now abandoned has become a heaven for intoxicant users. Ningthoujam Ibomcha further said that the place has been now a den at which visitors often use as a place for drinking and other kind of illegal activities. He appealed the government authority to either close the post or reinstalled either police or VDF personnel.

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