Shillong, October 12 (NNN): An embarrassed government of Meghalaya has asked its top officials as well as the deputy commissioner of West Khasi Hills to break all formalities in submitting the report on the six villages alleged that resolved to associate with Assam.
Seeing the developmental initiatives undertaken in Assam side, the Meghalaya residents of Sawlad,Nonrilong,Umsha, Umsohiong,Patharsiphiah and Bilkolang villages located in the Assam-Meghalaya border openly displayed their desire to merge with Assam in order to benefit the different development programmes.
This is the second case of Meghalaya villagers' display of lacking faith in the government of Meghalaya. The first being a village in the same district that refused to co-operate in the census operations carried by Meghalaya officials.
Following the report, Meghalaya minister in-charge of revenue R C Laloo has asked his officers in Shillong and the Deputy Commissioner of West Khasi Hills to institute an inquiry and submit the findings at the earliest.
Laloo told a group of newsmen on Wednesday, “I have asked the officials to ignore all the official formalities and to submit the report at the earliest”, stated Laloo while expressing concern on the developments in the villages located along the Assam-Meghalaya border.
Asserting that such a display of disloyalty will not be accepted, the minister said, “What belongs to us should be ours”, adding, “Even we are trying to get back our areas taken by Assam through the joint chief secretary committee of border areas. Already, the chief secretaries of Assam and Meghalaya are engaged in the process of solving the vexed inter state border issues involving the 12 areas of dispute.
Meanwhile, the disgruntled villagers were complaining about the lack of roads, power, water, schools and health centres.
Seeing the developmental initiatives undertaken in Assam side, the Meghalaya residents of Sawlad,Nonrilong,Umsha, Umsohiong,Patharsiphiah and Bilkolang villages located in the Assam-Meghalaya border openly displayed their desire to merge with Assam in order to benefit the different development programmes.
This is the second case of Meghalaya villagers' display of lacking faith in the government of Meghalaya. The first being a village in the same district that refused to co-operate in the census operations carried by Meghalaya officials.
Following the report, Meghalaya minister in-charge of revenue R C Laloo has asked his officers in Shillong and the Deputy Commissioner of West Khasi Hills to institute an inquiry and submit the findings at the earliest.
Laloo told a group of newsmen on Wednesday, “I have asked the officials to ignore all the official formalities and to submit the report at the earliest”, stated Laloo while expressing concern on the developments in the villages located along the Assam-Meghalaya border.
Asserting that such a display of disloyalty will not be accepted, the minister said, “What belongs to us should be ours”, adding, “Even we are trying to get back our areas taken by Assam through the joint chief secretary committee of border areas. Already, the chief secretaries of Assam and Meghalaya are engaged in the process of solving the vexed inter state border issues involving the 12 areas of dispute.
Meanwhile, the disgruntled villagers were complaining about the lack of roads, power, water, schools and health centres.
