AMN
Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang has urged the Centre to ask Myanmar to stop border fencing in the Noklak area of Tuensang district in the state as it will adversely affect free movement of the people and the traditional land-holding system prevailing in the area.
Chief Minister’s Office said, Mr Zeliang took up the issue with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on wednesday and pointed out that the people of Noklak stood to lose some 3,500 acres of land which they had been cultivating for generations. Mr Singh told the chief minister that the Home Ministry has written to the External Affairs Ministry to take up the issue with Myanmar and ask it not to proceed with border fencing on its side.