AGARTALA, May 14 (TIWN): National highway 44 is one such roads which gets worsened even for small rains. NH-44's condition deteriorated due to heavy rains since days. As it is the only highway which connects Tripura with the rest of the country, the transport completely blocked. Thousands of vehicles stranded on Assam’s Lowerpoah area as the Assam-Agartala national highway virtually turned into paddy field due to heavy monsoon since April. Transport department officials said, thousands of trucks and others vehicles stacked at road, due to pathetic condition of road. Incessant rainfall over past few days has yet again left the NH44 in a pitiable condition. Due to the rain, vehicle movement was nearly stopped with the continuous water logged various spots of the road.On the one hand the authority says that the maintenance continues round the clock in the year, question arises if maintenance is carried out in the entire year why splash of rain disrupts the traffic movement in the NH44. The deplorable condition of National Highway 44, the only road connectivity that links mainland India with the eastern part of Meghalaya, Barak Valley in Assam, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura has for a long time now remained a harrowing experience for helpless commuters.

And it continues to give horrific experience to the people with zero improvement in the renovation of the road. 

About hundreds of vehicles were stranded at the National highway due to the water log. However, the movement of vehicles began fluently from Friday morning.

It is to be mentioned here that the condition of these stretches of the highways has become so bad that in some patches these have turned into virtual craters. In fact, the deplorable condition of these national highways has led to resentment amongst local people, with the demand for their maintenance growing and intensifying.

Frequent disruption of vehicular movement, seasonal landslides and alarmingly high rates of tragic accidents that claims scores of lives, have become the order of the day, but so far none of the authorities responsible for the day-to-day upkeep of the arterial road have come to the rescue of the commuters.

The present road turns from its original shape into a muddy or dusty road, depending on whether it is sunny or rainy, and the commuters have no option but to travel through this long stretch terrible road.