NONGPOH : In a repeat of Umling incident of February 1, the drivers of the coal-laden trucks on Friday created havoc on NH 40 in Ri Bhoi by blocking the road by boulders at Umsawlem under Umsning out post.
The reason for blocking the high way is the delay in clearing the movement of the trucks which have been stranded for many days.
The traffic movement through the National Highway got severely affected after angry coal truck drivers protested the delay in weighing their truck loads
There was a ‘no entry’ restricting the movement of the trucks which had angered as many as 100 truckers resulting the incident which occurred at around 2.40 on Friday soon after the persons at the weighbridge resumed their task of checking the coal laden trucks.
Police arrested five truckers in this connection and they were Nedarabbsuk Syntem, Marlanki Suchiang, Leaderson Dkhar, and Bon Rymbai from Nartiang village and Damonmi Bang from Jowai.
Soon after receiving the information about the incident, a police team led by Ri Bhoi SP and CRPF personnel rushed to the spot t to take stock of the situation.
It was on February 1 that the angry truckers attacked the Umling weigh bridge premises comprising of the weigh bridge counter, DMR and Sales Tax and the Transport office as the truckers had to wait for at least four days to clear the formalities to carry on with the transportation of coal.
