The Hynniewtrep Youth Council (HYC) on Tuesday urged the State police to provide adequate security to the people residing along the inter-state border.
In a memorandum to the DGP Dr LR Bishnoi, HYC said that the NGOs from Karbi-Anglong had threatened incident similar to that of Manipur may happen if people chose to go with Meghalaya.
“This is a threat to the free will of the people and the HYC strongly condemned such statements and is totally against it. Hence, in order to ensure that the people are able to decide freely, providing adequate security in the Border areas is a must,” it said.
The HYC suggested that all the seven new Border Outposts (BoPs) and Out-Posts (OPs) in sensitive areas along the inter-state border with Assam as declared by the State Government last year be made fully operational.
The man-power in the existing BOPs and OPs should be increased and the Police personnel must be supplied with all the necessary requirements for their effective performance of the mandated duties and functions.
With regards to the issue of influx and illegal immigration into the state, the HYC said the HYC is of the opinion that the Directorate of Infiltration has not performed its duty up to the expectations of the public and as mandated.
“Hence to ensure that the Directorate of Infiltration performs its duty as mandated and we further suggest that Directorate should co-operate with the Village authorities and the Village Defence party to prevent entry and settlement of immigrants in each and every village. We further, suggest that an order maybe issued to all the Villages that each and every Village must prepare and submit a register containing of all newly residents coming from other states and from other countries,” it added.
Meanwhile, the HYC also urged the State police to adopt proper strategy to reduce drug trafficking in the state.
“Selling and consuming of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances in the State of Meghalaya seems to be increasing day by day. And we are of the opinion that maximum quantities of these drugs are being supplied to the State from outside. We firmly believe that if the law enforcement agencies could reduce the trafficking of these drugs, the situations will be improve drastically,” it said.