SHILLONG: The Federation of Khasi Jaintia Garo People (FKJGP), West Khasi Hills submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on his visit to Nongstoiñ, West Khasi Hills on Wednesday urging the creation of Rambrai C&RD Block.
Rambrai is one of the recently created constituencies in the state known as Rambrai Jyrngam with its inhabitants coming from different cultural backgrounds.
The organisation maintained that the residents
of the area are deprived of better administrative services, health, education and development and the constituency remains as one of the most backward areas in West Khasi Hills. It also observed that it is time to raise the standard of living of the people.
Stating that the district is rich in mineral deposits, the organisation said that a Directorate of Mineral Resources (DMR) should be set up in the district. Minerals produced from the district such as coal, sillimanite, limestone are exported outside the state including Bangladesh.
Asserting that royalty collection from these resources has not been properly streamlined and put in place, the organisation said that the leakage of government revenue is rampant from the consignment to Bangladesh particularly.
On connectivity, the organisation has asked the CM to look into the Nongstoiñ-Rambrai-Kyrshai Road, which is an interstate road and had been sanctioned under SAARDP (Phase A) scheme, the Nongstoiñ–Maweit up to Nonghyllam Nongjri road and the Mawthengkut–Athiabari road.
Speaking on the border issues, the organisation said the CM should review the frontier policy vis-à-vis Assam and Bangladesh and demanded the upgradation of police outposts at Kyrshai and Langpih.
It also urged the CM to open a blood bank and GNM nursing school, to appoint district officer in agriculture research and laboratory, border area scholarship (inter-state border), to recognise Khasi pine trees (Pinus Kesiya) as agricultural products, to introduce more streams and types of training in the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in the district.
