Over 200 out-of-state trucks found operating illegally in War Jaintia: KSU, FKJGP

Shillong, Jun 10: More than 200 out-of-state trucks operating without valid documents were detected and sent back during a joint inspection in War Jaintia area on Wednesday, student bodies said.

The Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) West Jaintia Hills District Unit, KSU War Jaintia Circle, and Federation of Khasi-Jaintia and Garo People (FKJGP) West Jaintia conducted the drive to check commercial vehicles entering the border region.

“During the inspection, we found more than 200 out-of-state trucks running without proper documents, including trading licenses and other required papers. After detecting these illegal trucks, we immediately sent them back to the places they came from,” the organisations said in a statement.

KSU West Jaintia Hills President Samla Laitphar Syngkrem said the unchecked entry of outsiders was affecting local livelihoods and warned quarry owners and coal exporters against employing workers without documents.

“If anything happens to these outsiders, those who brought them will have to take full responsibility,” he said.

He also raised concern over the delay in implementing the Inner Line Permit and asserted that the organisation would take its own steps to check infiltration.

FKJGP West Jaintia Hills General Secretary Samla Nangkhraw Rani criticised the Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council for failing to regulate out-of-state trucks as empowered by law.

“These trucks have not only come to do business without documents, but they are also depriving indigenous truck drivers of their livelihood,” Rani said.

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