[By W Passah, Ex HOD Electronics St Edmunds college Shillong, Member of AISEC All India Save Education Committee]
In 1947 India finally got its Independence but with Mahatma Gandhi given by PM Atlee the Splitted Prize that did turn the Dacca Calcutta And the Lahore Amritsar Roads grew slippery with blood of the two People fighting against the Colonisers together.
The down of the yellow map is Dawki 25. 18 degree N and 92. 024 degree East and the map with the scale is the map of the North East (Meghalaya State Reorganization) 1971 by R. L Singh fellow of the Vanarasi Society of India.
When our MP Dr Ricky Syngkon was alive he had visited the region for the sake of the International fencing.
So helpful and passionate was Dr Ricky Syngkon who with his expertise was ready to travel on a boat in order that our people of Dawki and Muktapur are not going to lose their paddy field and betelnut plantation.
But Destiny Oh Destiny Dr Ricky Syngkon is no more and in the video watched today in the afternoon, the representative of the people lamented as That International Border Fencing would take away majority of the people of Dawki and Muktapur land and the International line to cross the Shillong Dawki Road.
Why did the officers of the Amlarem Subdivision after knowing of Dr Ricky Syngkon very keen to help the people but he passed away, and the officers couldn’t wait until the by election to be held.
The people in the border from Dawki to Bataw were never treated well with justice. The officers and The BSF dealing with the fencing could wait for 6 months.
I have the Bi monthly 49 December and 50 January of U Jaintia and headline right “Premier Bordoloi landed at Cherrapunjee”.
Good news of ration raised from 2 seers (1 kg 1 seer and a half approximately)to 3 seers per head per week)
The trucks left behind by the Allies were troublesome and Premier had written to PM Nehru to build an aerodrome so that oranges could reach West Bengal and interrogating old folks long ago they told yes there was an aerodrome.
The premiere requested the people not to solely depend on Govt with same fate but to start growing maize, tapioca yam, soybean to survive for the partition was harsh.
The editor concluded of the Federation of The Khasi and The Jaintia States under Rev JJM Nichols Roy are collecting money to be soon sent to the people in the border.
Those were the qualities of our leaders never to abandon the border people though they had less votes unlike to day our border grossly neglected
My request to the officers of Amlarem Sub Division is to please wait till after MP by election out so that our people of Umlarem and Muktapur to get the Justice they deserve.
