The syndicate raj is a societal menace that civil society is concerned about where law and order are blatantly violated and the police force is often believed to be an accessory rather the protector of law
Bikram Sarkar
Despite assurances from the administration in the district magistrate’s conference room yesterday afternoon to stop the plying of coal carrying tipper, Malidor police allowed entry of such vehicles in the area through a check gate from Meghalaya this night. About 45 illegal coal-carrying tippers have entered and sources inform tat Rs 55,000 has been collected per tipper.
The tipper was supposed to arrive last Wednesday, but it was postponed after a road accident in Kalain Lakhipur area. From 11 pm on Friday to 6am on Saturday, 180 numbers of 12-wheeler coal trucks came to Cachar from Meghalaya.
Meanwhile, an illegal coal truck collided with a private car near the Hilara petrol pump on Saturday morning. It is learned that the coal truck was going to Karimganj. The truck and the small car remained at the spot till the report was made.
Meanwhile, on Saturday, an illegal coal truck opened the basket on the national highway adjacent to the Hilara petrol pump and dumped coal on the national highway.
The region has been witnessing road accidents resulting in deaths. When two people lost their lives in a road accident by coal tipper, a journalist of Katigorah, Imad Uddin Mazumder was beaten up by the coal syndicate while he was reporting the incident. Condemning the incident members of Silchar Press Club took out a protest march on 1st December and gheraoed the SP office for three hours. The police administration had assured that culprits would be apprehended.
Again on 2nd December in the same national highway area, five students lost their lives in a tragic head-on collision between a car and a speeding truck.
All the assurance and meetings of the administration and public leaders do not deter the massive coal movement in the region. It is alleged that a nefarious nexus between some politician of the region and administration with the coal syndicate is responsible for a lackadaisical and mute response of the administration. During the pandemic and lockdown, the police force has come under huge criticism of the media and general public where it is being questioned that the administration is colluding with some powerful political force of the state where local politician are equally involved hand in glove.
The syndicate raj is a societal menace that civil society is concerned about where law and order are blatantly violated and the police force is often believed to be an accessory rather the protector of law.
