UKHRUL (The Thursday Times) — Maqami ittelaat ke mutabiq Imphal aur Ukhrul ke darmiyan markazi shahrah par gariyon par baar baar hamlon ne Manipur ke Ukhrul aur Kamjong azla ke shehriyon ko ek tang aur toti phooti dehi sarak par majboor kar diya hai, jis se teen ghante ka safar chhe se saat ghante ka ho gaya hai.
Ramva–Napetpali ka yak-rawiya dehi rasta February mein Naga–Kuki tanaze ke dauran nayi kasheedgi shuru hone ke baad se pahari azla ka riyasti darul hukoomat se markazi rabta ban gaya hai. Yeh Imphal pohanchne se pehle Shokvao, Lungphu, Shingkap, Nongdam, aur Leikoiching jaise dehaat se guzarta hai, aur ab Senapati zila ke log bhi ise istemal karte hain.
Shahrah par ghaat
Litan ke raste National Highway 202 se safar aam taur par teen se chaar ghante ka hota hai, lekin hamlon ke silsile ke baad security escort ke bawajood musafir is se gurez kar rahe hain. 18 April ko musallah afraad ne qareebi pahari se niji aur musafir gariyon par firing ki jis mein ek retired Bharati fauji samait do shehri maare gaye. 29 May ko sarkari chawal le jane wale ek escort ke sath chalte truck par hamla hua aur ittelaat ke mutabiq us ka driver maara gaya.
Taza tareen hamla 4 November ko hua jab TM Kasom ke qareeb musafir gariyon aur zaroori ashya le jane wale trucks par firing ki gayi. Koi zakhmi nahin hua.
Kiraye zyada, karobar kam
Shehriyon ke mutabiq Ukhrul se Imphal ka kiraya 300 rupay se barh kar fi musafir 750 rupay ho gaya hai. Is sarak par buses aur bhari gariyan nahin chal saktin, aur naqis nikasi aur gehri keechar ki wajah se monsoon mein yeh taqreeban naqabil-e-guzar ho jati hai.
Jo kisan aur tajir pehle apni pedawar Imphal ke bazaron mein le jate thay ab bohat kam jate hain. Ukhrul aur Imphal ke darmiyan baqaidgi se safar karne wali ek rihaishi Awon ne kaha ke lamba rasta “saza ban gaya hai”, aur ab darul hukoomat mein ek kaam ke liye do teen din rukna parta hai kyunke usi din wapsi mumkin nahin.
Unhon ne kaha ke shehriyon ko raat mein safar na karne ka mashwara diya gaya hai, agarche tibbi hangami halaat mein kabhi kabhi koi chara nahin rehta. Ittelaat ke mutabiq kuch khandan is sarak par hadsaat mein apne pyaron ko kho chuke hain.
Ukhrul ke rukn-e-assembly Ram Muivah ne Wazir-e-Aala Yumnam Khemchand Singh ko khat likh kar is raste ko riyasti shahrah ka darja dene ka mutalba kiya hai. Maqami rehnumaon aur shehriyon ki mamooli marammat ke siwa koi bara kaam shuru nahin hua.
Musallah giroh is saal Manipur ki sarkon par shehriyon ko tezi se nishana bana rahe hain, aur is mah ke aaghaz mein do lapata Kuki naujawanon ki lashen milne ke baad riyasat mein kasheedgi barqarar hai.
