DIMAPUR, JANUARY 13 (MExN): The Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) today submitted a memorandum to the Nagaland State Governor, PB Acharya with regard to the border fencing works at the Indo Myanmar border.
The NPCC memorandum informed that Nagas across the region, both in India and in Myanmar share interlocked lands with traditional land holding systems and have coexisted harmoniously with economic activity between farmers and traders alike across the border, since time immemorial.
The Indo-Myanmar boundary has never been demarcated with the consent of the local people, it stated and cautioned that construction of Indo-Myanmar Border fencing will deny access to one’s own traditional land holdings and create a barrier for socio-economic activity. “The divide will thus, seriously impact communities inhabiting the region in multiple forms. No nation has the right to take away lands traditionally held by the Nagas,” it maintained. While both the nations honour boundary pillars for administrative purposes, in order to maintain harmonious coexistence, both the nations should honour the traditional land holding systems, the NPCC stated.
It condemned the construction of the Indo-Myanmar Border fence and appealed to the Government of India and the Government of Myanmar to stop construction of the fence, which it stated “is not necessary and will be detrimental to the well-being of the people inhabiting both sides of the boundary.”
