Nagaland: Over 200 School Students Stage Protest Over Poor NH-29 Road Condition
First Published: 11th March, 2025 22:18 IST
The students during the rally chanted slogans demanding for justice and good roads.
Hundreds of school students on Tuesday staged a massive protest in Nagaland’s Khuzama village against the deplorable road condition of National Highway 29.
The protest staged at the boundary bridge between Khuzama village and Viswema village was organised by the Khuzama Students’ Care Union.
Khuzama is the last Angami village in Nagaland bordering Manipur. Over 200 school students studying in the vicinity took part in the protest. The students during the rally chanted slogans demanding for justice and good roads.
Speaking to media, Nunese Sale, Former Speaker Southern Angami Students’ Union (SASU), said that organizations as well as students’ unions have given enough memorandum appealing for the repair of the road. Sale also emphasized on the struggle of students to reach their schools and colleges on time and also on the amount of time it requires for a patient to reach hospitals in Kohima at times of emergency.
The student leader questioned the claim made by National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL) on social media that 95% work on the highway had been completed. Along with the mitigating issues, many accidents occur along this stretch and it is not always reported, he added.
Condemning the negligence of NHIDCL, Sale announced the ultimatum of two days to the company from the Khuzama Youth Organization (KYO) and Khuzama Students’ Union (KSU) to repair the road. Sale demanded for all the machineries to reach Khuzama in two days time. He also said that the organizations would personally monitor the work so that the work is completed in the proper duration of time.
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