IMPHAL, Sep 5NNN : Manipur state unit of All India Trinamool Congress on Thursday demanded both the Central and state Governments to let slip on the true status of the Indo-Myanmar Border Fencing within one week.
Addressing the media at the party office, Manipur state unit TC president Kim Gangte urged the Central and state Government to sort out the issue of the Indo-Myanmar Border Fencing and wipe out the anxiety of the people of the state over reported loss of large area of land on the Manipur side of the international line.
Kim said the state and Central Governments should address the border issue and remove the anxiety of the people over the issue within one week.
She informed that the party already had dispatched a representation to the Prime Minister apprising him about the current border issue on August 6 last.
Kim further claimed Manipur has forced to cede an area of land measuring about 16 km along the boundary to the neighbouring country for the border fence construction.
The TC leader also appealed to the populace of the border villages in Chandel district no to accept any kind of compensation in exchange of their village lands for the border fencing.
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