A meeting of residents, pressure groups, Sordars and other stakeholders was held in Solmari, North Garo Hills, yesterday over the future of the contentious B Mahal lands.
Opposition has emerged of late against the Chief Executive Member of the GHADC over the compensation offered to certain parties for the land, with the intent to use it for a project by an Israeli company.
Yesterday’s meeting was held under the banner of ‘Save B Mahal’. In a press release today, the pressure groups said that GHADC CEM Benedict Marak had spread falsehoods about the NGOs. The release stated that the pressure groups are ready and willing to debate the CEM on the B Mahal issues at any time.
The chairman of the Garoland State Movement Committee’s Pedaldoba regional unit, Rimjen Ch Sangma, explained to the people that the land under the B Mahal does not belong to the GHADC, which is more of a tax collector not the owner of the lands.
