Morung Express News
Dimapur | April 11
Around 200-300 people were prevented from entering the Daldali Reserve Forest today. The people, who claimed to be a conglomeration of individuals from various tribes, were stopped at Indisen by the Dimapur district administration.
According to the Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur, inputs of a mass entry of people to the disputed Daldali Reserve Forest was received on April 9 following which preventive steps were initiated at specific locations. Early in the morning today, a group of around 200-300 people turned up at the Indisen village gate but were prevented from proceeding farther by district administration officials, magistrates and police personnel. The crowd eventually retreated after a half hour long of negotiation at the Indisen village gate, said the DC. A representation was also submitted asking the government not to stop them, it was added.
Later, representatives of the group met the DC after which an appointment for a meeting with the State Chief Secretary was fixed to further discuss the matter. The meeting was fixed for April 12 in Kohima.
Meanwhile, Assam Police personnel heightened vigilance in the peripheries of the Daldali Reserve Forest. Indisen villagers reported seeing AP personnel in black fatigues patrolling sites where hectic construction activities have been reported during the past one month.
