The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by the convener and Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) chief, Pyniaid Sing Syiem, at Tripura Castle in Shillong here on Saturday.
Jyrwa said that the civil war like situation that is currently taking place in neighbouring Bangladesh can have serious ramifications in India especially in the North East Region whereby four states share a common international boundary with Bangladesh.
Before Hasina came to power in Bangladesh 17 years ago, insurgency in the North East was at its peak with the ULFA and the Bodo outfit NDFB in Assam running amok, while back home in Meghalaya a new insurgent outfit was surfacing with a more sophisticated network and manpower.
Hub News got in touch with Rakesh A Sangma, the chairman of the High Powered Committee (HPC) of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) and representative of the Council in the meeting, to learn more about the meeting as well demand(s) specific to the GHADC.
A delegation of the 10 Autonomous District Councils (ADCs) from the North East region will be meeting the Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Tuesday for seeking his intervention into the need for the Centre to speed up clearing the proposed amendment of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India during the Parliament session.
Meghalaya has been granted Rs 1071.90 crore- ahead of Manipur (Rs.1000.60 crore), Tripura (Rs.989.44 crore), Nagaland (Rs. 795.20 crore), Mizoram (Rs. 698.78 crore) and even the tourism sought after state of Sikkim (Rs.542.22 crore).
In Northeast nearly 5.5 lakh people have been affected by the floods in Assam and Manipur, even as Met department has predicted rains till the weekend. Prime Minister Narendra Modi assessed the situation on Friday.
