Demands immediate removal of border post 146 and realignment as per traditional boundary
DIMAPUR, APRIL 1 (MExN): Citizens of Pangsha range in Nagaland’s Tuensang district has expressed dismay that a survey team of India and Myanmar are in Pangsha to conduct joint survey work as per the existing imaginary line- between BP145 and BP146 of the Indo-Myanmar border at ITC Dan- which it claimed, has bifurcated the land of the Khiamniungan tribe without their knowledge.
Objecting to the proposed joint survey work, a representation from the village councils of New Pangsha, Old Pangsha, ITC Dan and Wonsoi villages addressed to Nagaland Chief Minister, said the “BP146 (border post) was installed erroneously within our land where 3500 acres of cultivable land has been compromised to the foreign country for no wrong of the land owners.”
In this connection, the Pangsha range citizens has demanded that the BP146 should be immediately removed and the existing boundary be realigned as per the traditional boundary of Pangsha (India) and Kingphu/Woilan, Ponyu (Myanmar) village.
The representation also appealed the GoI to withdraw the survey teams of both the countries from the spot and that no activities of any form by the concerned governments should be taken up until and unless rectification is made.
It also urged the concerned authority to take up this issue on a war footing in order to “maintain a conducive and peaceful atmosphere between the two nations in the border area.”
Just recently, on March 28, 2017, the Nagaland Legislative Assembly during the budget session had resolved to request the GoI to impress upon the Myanmar government to permanently drop the project of construction of fencing on the Indo-Myanmar border with a view to continuing the cordial and fraternal relations amongst the Nagas living on both sides of the border.
Since the beginning of 2017, various organisations across Nagaland and Myanmar have been protesting against the fencing of the India-Myanmar border in Nagaland’s Tuensang district after the Myanmar government begun fencing in its Naga self-administered zone; 10 metres from the demarcation borderline last December.
However, after alarm and protest raised by the different Naga organizations, the construction of the border fencing was put on hold.
