Shillong, September 23: The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) today knocked on the doors of the state government for its intervention on the growing number of Weighbridge in Khasi and Jaintia Hills which has greatly affected the daily earnings of truck drivers and owners.
Speaking to reporters after meeting KS Kropha, Chief Secretary of Meghalaya, Egenstar Kurkalang, President BJYM Meghalaya Unit informed that the CS has assured them to take up the demand of the BJYM seriously to remove the daily grievances encountered by truck drivers and owners in the state.
The BJYM has also apprised the Chief Secretary regarding the construction of the Integrated Check Post in Jaintia Hills.
“Till today there has not been any step taken by the state government to reduce the number of weighbridge in Khasi and Jaintia Hills despite the Supreme Court having issued a directive to the government of Meghalaya to cut down on the number of weighbridge in the state,” Egenstar said.
Observing that the presence of several coal weighbridges has created numerous inconveniences for truck drivers, the BJYM leader said, “The presence of many weighbridges poses a great problem for the truck drivers because for the same material they have to weigh in countless places.”
He added, “Beside this, the truck drivers have also complaint that they don’t even get any receipt from staffs of the weighbridges even after the material is weighed.”
According to him, the same truck has to weigh the same material in three or four weighbridge located at East Jaintia Hills, 13 Mer West Jaintia Hills and Umling, Ribhoi District.
