DIMAPUR, MARCH 23 (MExN): United Naga Tribes Association of Border Areas (UNTBA) on Wednesday termed the prohibitory order issued by the Deputy Commissioner, Dimapur around Doldoli Reserved Forest areas on the Nagaland side as “immature” while asserting that “people in these areas are living in a peaceful atmosphere.” A press statement from UNTBA chairman Hukavi T Yeputhomi and general secretary Imsumongba Pongen, stated that it would have been better if the deputy commissioner had instead “clearly defined the inter-state boundary” between the two states. The Association noted that it was unwise on the part of the deputy commissioner to randomly issue such an order “without having any iota on the crux of the border issue.” Meanwhile, appealing all the communities living in and around the border areas to maintain peaceful co-existence as before, the UNTBA also appealed to all the different Sectoral Border Peace Committees around the border areas to maintain peaceful atmosphere keeping in view of the approaching election in the state of Assam.
