Traditional heads upset over govt silence on exit, entry points

NONGPOH: The Dorbar Hima of Nongpoh Sirdarship Elaka and the office of the Dorbar Raid Nongkylla have expressed concern over the State government’s decision to keep the traditional heads out of the loop while setting up the proposed entry and exit points at 19 Mer under Raid Nongkylla of Nongpoh Sirdarship Elaka in Ri Bhoi district.
Phrangsngi Syngkli, Lyngdoh Raid of Nongkylla and SR Syngkli, Secretary of Nongpoh Sirdarship Elaka, said the State government should have sought the consent of the traditional heads, which include the Dorbar Shnong, the Dorbar Raid and the Dorbar Hima before taking any decision on the entry and exit points.
“The State government bypassing the traditional heads clearly indicates that this present government does not respect the traditional customary laws,” the leaders said in a press communiqué and added that so far they have received no information from the State government on the move.
This, they said, was a “serious breach of the Customary Land Laws of the ‘Elaka Nongpoh Sirdarship-Revise 2012’ approved by the KHADC”.
Meanwhile, the traditional heads of Raid Nongkylla and Nongpoh Sirdarship Elaka, along with the Dorbar Hima, sought immediate intervention of the Ri Bhoi Youth Federation (RBYF), to take up this matter with the government.