Fresh border tensions flared up in Maikhuli village after residents pulled down electricity poles illegally erected by the Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB), triggering a heated confrontation between villagers of Meghalaya and Assam. The administration will form a peace committee of elders from both sides, consisting of senior citizens, to ensure harmony and maintain peace. The volatile situation, marked by scuffles and the alleged manhandling of women from Maikhuli, prompted swift intervention from officials of both states to avert further escalation.
Superintendent of Police Ri Bhoi, V.S. Rathore said, “Not absolutely normal abit tense, the situation is calm.”
The SP further added, “It was decided that the electric pole will be removed after Independence Day, Friday was the independence day, today early morning the villagers dismantled the pole themselves. Neither Assam side was aware nor we were aware, because we have decided to maintain the status quo, first place APDCL shouldn’t have installed, there was little bit of slight skirvish between villagers of both Assam and Meghalaya. Nothing with the Administration or the police. Then when we got the information immediately both magistrates talked to each other, I spoke to DCP of Guwahati and then we decided to maintain the law and order. We specified the people then they disbursed.”
“We will form a peace committee of elders from both sides Assam and Meghalaya consists of senior citizens and elders so that the peace is maintained,” he said.
