The Jaintia Students' Union (JSU) has strongly condemned the recent incident in which certain Karbi individuals allegedly trespassed and disrupted the peaceful paddy harvesting at a site belonging to Pnar residents of Lapangap village in West Jaintia Hills district.
The Khasi Students' Union (KSU) West Jaintia Hills District Unit has requested the district Superintendent of Police to ensure regular patrolling security in the Lapangap area.
Tension erupted along the Assam and Meghalaya border after villagers from Lapangap village in West Jaintia Hills along with NGOs dismantled structures and uprooting tree saplings as a mark of protest against the plantation activities carried by the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC), which according to them is an attempt to illegally encroach into Meghalaya territory.
Shillong, Feb 15: The Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) Umden Circle lodged a complaint on Thursday against illegal sand mining allegedly by the Karbi people...
The clash between the Pnar (Jaintia) villagers of Lapangap in West Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya and the Karbi villagers from the West Karbi Anglong area of Assam continued once again on Wednesday despite the presence of police forces from both the states manning the inter-state border.
This pivotal assembly signifies a promising step towards achieving harmonious resolutions among the communities that inhabit the border territories of West Karbi Anglong, Assam, as well as the border regions of West Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya.
