HYC seek Tynsong’s intervention against illegal settlers at Lum Survey, DC to hold meeting with SCB on Tuesday

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaApril 29, 2024

East Khasi Hills deputy commissiner SC Sadhu will hold a meeting with the representatives of the Shillong Cantonment Board (SMB) in regards to illegal settlers at Lum Survey, on Tuesday.

This was informed by the president of Hynniewtrep Youth Council (HYC) Roykupar Synrem after a meeting with the deputy chief minister in-charge home (police) Prestone Tynsong here on Monday.

“We are informed that the DC will hold a meeting with the representatives of the SCB on the issue tomorrow,” Synrem said. 

Submitting a memorandum to Tynsong for his intervention on the matter, Synrem said, “We demand that the Authorities concerned under the State Government should take prompt action to evict these illegal settlers and demolish the illegal settlement at the earliest.”

He informed that on April 25, the HYC had conducted a spot inquiry on the existence of illegal settlement of people in a plot of land located opposite the Fire and Emergency Station, Iewduh (Bara Bazar), Shillong  after receiving numerous complaints from the general public.

“During inspection we found that about 80-100 households were staying in the said plot of land by constructing huts used of plastics and other scrap materials and further on enquiry it is learned that these people were illegally staying there without any permission from the Cantonment Board, Shillong Municipal Board or any other authority,” he said. 

“The condition of the place is deplorable and unfit for human habitation and is an eyesore for the city of Shillong and the State as a whole. We were also informed that this place is a hub of illegal activities like supply and trafficking of illicit drugs in the city and also a safe haven for illegal immigrants from other countries,”he added.