Influx panel
SHILLONG: Time is running out for the Committee headed by Deputy Chief Minister Rowell Lyngdoh which has been asked to work on few required amendments to further strengthen the existing Prohibition of Benami Transaction Act, 1980 and Tenants Verification Draft Bill.
When asked about the progress, Lyngdoh on Wednesday said that the committee is on the job but refused to give any direct answer as when the committee will submit its report.
Earlier, this month the Committee had said that report would be submitted within one month’s time. Recently, Lyngdoh had told newsmen that the report would be submitted to the State Government without incorporating the views and suggestions of the KHADC and the JHADC as members of both the Councils had failed to attend the meetings called by the Committee.
“We tried to seek their views on the matter but they did not respond,” he said.
Besides the Rowell Committee, the other two Committees were constituted last year headed by Additional DGP SK Jain and Chief Secretary Barkos Warjri respectively to recommend measures to address the issue of influx following the demand of the pressure groups in this regard.
The Jain Committee has already submitted the report to the Government on the entry and exit points in the State except Garo Hills as the process of identifying the entry and exit points in Garo Hills was delayed due to flood.
The Committee headed by the Chief Secretary Barkos Warjri was asked to study and examine various legislative measures to achieve the objective of coming up with the comprehensive mechanism to check influx.