Shillong, June 27: Traditional heads along with social organizations have requested the intervention of the Minister in-charge Transport Dasakhiat Lamare for allotting a land at Lad Nartiang for erecting a life-sized statue of U Kiang Nangbah, a legendary freedom fighter of the Jaintias.

A joint memorandum to Lamare was submitted by the Kiang Nangbah Iasiat Khnam Memorial Society (KNIKMS), Jaintia Students’ Union (JSU), Synjuk Ki Waheh Chnong Jowai (SWCJ) and Dorbar Chnong Mihmyntdu.

“We request your good self to please approve a sub-sequential amount of land of about 5000 sq ft which belongs to the transport department located at Lad Nartiang, Mihmyntdu to the department of Arts and Culture to construct the said statue for the benefit and welfare of the people of Jaintia Hills and to beautify the area,” the memorandum said.