Karimganj Dist Admin to Monitor Indo-Bangla Fencing Work

Karimganj, May 12 : Karimganj district administration will monitor the quality of fencing work undertaken by the agencies like NBCC and NPCC covering the entire 95 km Indo-Bangladesh border areas. It has been alleged by various organizations that quality of work is not up to the mark.

Henceforth to monitor the entire stretch and to see the quality of works, a team of officials of Karimganj district administration has been constituted with ADC (development), executive engineer PWD (rural roads), circle officer concerned to have on the spot verification of the ongoing fencing works and the report in this regard will be submitted to the Union Home Ministry for information and necessary action in the event of violation of specific standards and quality laid down.

The divisional forest officer has also been directed to monitor the works in reserve forest areas. BSF has been asked to take care of the border fencing works.

Karimganj shares almost 95 km border with Bangladesh and out of that 40 km is riverine and 55 km land mass. NBCC and NPCC are working for the border fencing works and almost 50 per cent progress has been achieved so far. The district administration has also sent a formal request to the Union Home Ministry to depute special team to thoroughly inquire into the entire fencing works in coordination with the Government of Assam.

Art of Living programme: A youth training leadership programme was organized by the Art of Living for the rural youth at Srikuna. At the end of the programme, the participants belonging to the various tribes such as Dimasa and Zemi Nagas & NC Hills, Hmar, Manipuri, Nepali and also from the Bengali community took oath to stop violence and bring peace to the region and make people realize that ‘unity is strength’.

Youth training leadership programme (YLTP) coordinator Nanda Sarma said that the purpose of the programme was to bring peace among all. Lots of changes were noticed in the physical, mental condition of the participant.

The YLTP is a holistic programme that works towards eliminating stress, the fundamental cause of all problems. In addition youths are also fought leadership and communications skills with emphasis on human values. The programs creates physically strong, mentally alert and morally responsible individuals who are ready to become role models for others. The participants expressed their profound feelings of gratitude.

The Art of Living Foundation has actively been involved in bringing about rapprochement between Zeme Naga and Dimasa tribes. In July 2009 near about 1000 tribal families belong to these tribes in NC Hills displaced during tribal violence were provided relief material by the foundation.

[ via The Assam Tribune ]