TURA: The Garo Hills State Movement Committee (GHSMC), a conglomerate of Garo Hills NGOs has appealed for the reinstatement of a former official of the Public Works Department (PWD) who was recently removed from his post.
The official, Cletus W Momin held the post of Chief Engineer in the PWD before being removed after serving in the post for barely a year.
In their appeal submitted to the Chief Minister, chairman of the GHSMC, Nikman Ch Marak said that Momin was one of the senior most officers in the department from among the Garos.
He said that there were no high ranking Garo officers in the PWD and removing him from the post had hurt the sentiments of the Garo people from the region.
