Meghalaya Villagers Claim Risk Of Being Cut Off As Border Fence Nears Completion
NDTV
At Lyngkhong village in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district, the foundation for the single line fence has been built but the fencing has been stopped due to protests of the residents.
Nearly 90 residents of this village located along the zero line on the Indo-Bangladesh border live in danger of their village being could be cut off from the rest of the country, as work on a border fence being built 150 yards inside the Indian border is near completion, village elders said on Sunday.
At Lyngkhong village in East Khasi Hills district, the foundation for the single line fence has been built but the fencing has been stopped due to protests of the residents. However as yet the authorities have not agreed to either not build the fence or build it on the zero line itself.
Dabling Khongsdir, the matriarch of Lyngkhong and one of the landowners here, told news agency PTI, “It is not fair that our village will fall outside the territory of India once the fence is built. We do not feel safe."
"We have lived here since time immemorial...The government should do something for our safety and well-being," she said.
