Chairman of the Regional Committee for West Khasi Hills Paul Lyngdoh on Friday said that the committee will soon hold a series of meetings with the various stakeholders for discussion on the Langpih sector.
Speaking to media persons, Lyngdoh said, “We are very likely to visit West Khasi Hills in the next ten days. We will schedule a series of meetings with the traditional institutions and also the heads of the district administration of West Khasi Hills and it should take us about two weeks or so.”
Asked, the cabinet minister said, “This is a very contentious issue but we would like to move forward first and foremost the approach of the government which is to get the views of the local communities is a very viable and valid approach.”
He said, “We will certainly make all efforts to ensure that instances of harassment are put an immediate stop to and for this we will do our duty. I have also spoken to the minister incharge home that we must be in a position to strengthen our patrolling of the border districts at the earliest.”
Meanwhile, the cabinet minister said that the regional committee will also go into the documentation to strengthen the claim of the state that Langpih is in Meghalaya.