Guwahati, May 29 -- Trucks transporting Food Corporation of India (FCI) food grains across the Northeast are allegedly operating significantly over their prescribed load limits, raising serious concerns about road safety, infrastructure damage, and financial losses to the state exchequer.

Sources revealed that hundreds of FCI-contracted trucks daily carry excessive loads from various godowns in Meghalaya, Mizoram and Manipur to multiple destinations.

This blatant violation reportedly occurs with the full knowledge of both FCI and respective state transport department officials.

Road movement permits accessed by Northeast Now expose the scale of the problem. Many six-wheeler trucks in Meghalaya are reportedly hauling 10-15 tonnes more F...