: Hundreds of tribal landowners in Meghalaya have threatened to move the United Nations over the recent Indo-Bangla boundary agreement, saying they were “not made party” to the decision taken by both the governments.
Exchanges of land, especially from international boundary pillar 1251 (Nongjri) up to IB Pillar 1299 (Hawai Sangkhat — Jaliakhola) and IB Pillar 1315 up to 1318 at Nunchera, show a loss of 278 acres area to Khasi and Jaintia including others, Grand Council of Chiefs chairman John F Kharshiing said.
“Lack of clarity in the protocol and the Bill passed by the Parliament would seriously affect areas such as Raid Mukertilla and Hima Khyrim up to the extent that IB Pillar 1272 is presently located along the sacred forest of the Ryngksai Clan at Umkrem village, and there is every possibility that this precious biodiversity will be lost to Bangladesh,” he said. - PTI
