CCIB delegation meets Tura MP
SHILLONG: The Coordination Committee on International Border (CCIB) has urged Tura MP Conrad Sangma to raise the problems faced by border residents caused by the “forced fencing” in Parliament.
A CCIB delegation on Friday met Sangma in Shillong and apprised him of the problems faced by the border population.
“People are suffering and State Government is not paying attention to those problems,” CCIB secretary Kmen Myrchiang said and added that the State government, instead of solving the problem, is forcing surveys along the border in an incorrect manner.
Sangma assured the delegation that he would raise the matter in Parliament.
According to CCIB, the survey along the border is conducted without any consultation with locals. It said the Government should hold public meetings before going ahead with the survey.
Making it clear that CCIB is not against border fencing, he reiterated that fencing should be from zero line and not 150 yards inside the Indian territory.