Manipur Highway Extortion

The cost of illegal highway 'tax' extorted from truck drivers in Manipur is passed on to consumers in the ethnic violence-hit state, where people in many districts don't get to buy essentials regularly due to supply and logistical problems.

The Manipur deadlock refuses to die down. First the two-month long national highway blockade by the Naga students group, and now the truckers who clearly refrain from moving to Kohima, fearing extortion. What is the government doing about it all? Well, the good old silence makes a comeback here again.The most affected area is the Dimapur toll gate,...

The cost of illegal highway 'tax' extorted from truck drivers in Manipur is passed on to consumers in the ethnic violence-hit state, where people in many districts don't get to buy essentials regularly due to supply and logistical problems.

The Manipur deadlock refuses to die down. First the two-month long national highway blockade by the Naga students group, and now the truckers who clearly refrain from moving to Kohima, fearing extortion. What is the government doing about it all? Well, the good old silence makes a comeback here again.The most affected area is the Dimapur toll gate,...