SHILLONG: While the Union Government has made it clear that it would construct the fencing 150 yards from the Indo-Bangla border and not the Zero Line, the Coordination Committee on International Border has asserted that the stand of the committee is that they would continue to press for the construction of fencing from zero line.
CCIB secretary Kmen Myrchiang on Saturday said that CCIB will discuss its future plan of action within a day or two.
“Come what may, our stand will be the same as it was earlier,” he said,
Stating that most of Meghalaya land is already inside Bangladesh, he said that Meghalaya would lose 597 acres of land if the fencing starts from Zero Line and State would lose more than 1500 to 1600 acres of land if the fencing comes up at 150 yards from the border.
He said once the fencing comes up, the villages which are on the other side of the fencing would be a forgotten chapter even as he rued that many villages in Ri-war areas would go to Bangladesh.
The decision to construct the fencing from 150 yards was intimated during a meeting held here on Thursday attended by A.K. Srivastava, Director, Border Management, Ajay Khanoujia, MHA, North East Director, the DIGM, BSF Delhi and senior officials of the Meghalaya government including Chief Secretary P.B.O. Warjri, officials from the State Home department and deputy commissioners of East Khasi Hills, West Jaintia Hills, East Jaintia Hills and South Garo Hills.
