Stakeholders join hands to clamp down on boulder-laden trucks

TURA: Several organisations have joined hands with village headmen and women groups to demand a halt to trucks ferrying boulders to Bangladesh through South West Garo Hills.
In a joint petition to the deputy commissioner of the district, organisations such as the Garo Students Union, A’chik Youth Council, Ampati Me’chik Society, senior citizens of the region and Nokmas and Laskars have called for a stop to the ongoing movement of trucks with boulders passing through the district’s state highway (SH-12) which begins from Garobadha town to Dalu border town by passing through Ampati, Zikzak and Mahendraganj.
The organisations pointed out that the newly laid road has been deteriorating because of daily movement of the trucks overloaded with boulders. They also highlighted the rising cases of road accidents in the district attributing it to reckless driving by the truck drivers.
“We have observed that many of these trucks have been carrying more than 9 tonne boulders against the road capacity leading to the deterioration of road which is the lifeline for the general public,” stated the joint petition.
The organisations demanded a clampdown on the movement of the overloaded trucks by denying them permits.