48-hour NC Hills bandh from July 22

HAFLONG, Jul 22 – Demanding immediate bifurcation of NC Hills into two autonomous districts, payment of seven months’ pending salary to the council employees, implementation of all the minority development schemes and speedy investigation into the Rs 1,000 crore scam and arrest of those involved, the NC Hills Indigenous Students’ Forum and the NC Hills Women Forum have called for a 48- hour NC Hills bandh from 5 am of July 22.

This was disclosed at a press conference held at Ch Khotlang Memorial Hall, Muolhoi village near here on Monday by NCHISF president David Keivoum in presence of the student body’s public relations secretary Lalropui Hmar and others office-bearers.

Addressing the media, they said the NC Hills Indigenous Students’ Forum has been demanding bifurcation of NC Hills into two autonomous districts. “The name of the NC Hills district was forcibly and unjustly changed into Dima Hasao after the name of a mere single majority community on March 30, 2010, ignoring strong objection against this proposal from the indigenous people of the district,” they said.