Four border villages, namely Saringyim, Aonokpu Yimsen, Tsuremmen and Akumen held a joint meeting at Saringyim village to deliberate on the breakdown of the only connecting bridge (Liangmen Bridge) between Longchem and Saringyim on July 23.
The village council members from the four villages discussed that the said bridge broke down since 2016 and expressed their resentment at the state government’s lackadaisical and “step brotherly” attitude meted out with regard to this issue.
Besides, they also discussed on the inaction of the concerned Road and Bridges department, which goes to show the negligence towards the people living in the border areas.
Meeting also dwelt on how COVID-19 pandemic and border shutdown with neighbouring Assam has made people to suffer for lack of even basic essentials, besides medical, NAP and IR personnel ferrying medicines and ration has been heavily disrupted.
Therefore, the four village council members at the meeting urged the state government to come to the rescue of the people living at the border areas and take remedial measures by restoring the bridge, the only life line of these villages at the earliest.