Don’t settle boundary dispute in haste: Meghalaya Congress
The Hindu
CM said efforts were on to resolve the issue before Christmas
The Congress in Meghalaya has cautioned the State Government against any hasty deal with Assam for resolving the inter-State boundary disputes.
Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma had after inspecting Langpih with his Assam counterpart, Himanta Biswa Sarma, on November 16 said efforts were on to resolve the problem in six of the 12 disputed sites before Christmas.
Langpih is not among the six “less complicated” sites that the two States have agreed to resolve first.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.