Meghalaya prevents Assam's encroachment bid

Shillong, July 17 (PTI) Meghalaya government today claimed to have prevented an alleged encroachment bid by Assam in its territory even as tension brewed in the disputed Langpih area where village headmen served quit notices to illegal settlers.

District officials of West Khasi Hills yesterday prevented an incursion of Assam government in the state at Rangsapara near Lejadubi in Aradonga area.

According to official sources, Assam Government had put up some pillars inside Meghalaya while constructing a guest house of the Forest department.

A Meghalaya government team led-by a Magistrate rushed to the area and stopped construction work after locals informed them that some pillars have been erected in the region.

Meanwhile, leaders of Village Administrator Organisation, Langpih Circle, including headmen of 24 villages, issued quit notices to some Nepali migrants who have settled in the region illegally.