Shillong, Sept 2 (PTI) Meghalaya government today
decided to set up an anti-infiltration directorate to deal
with the problem of influx.After chairing a meeting of the task force on influx,
Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said the directorate will be set
up before October 15."It will have a dedicated force and will work under
the Home Department," he said.Though earlier it was decided that registration of the
labourers will be facilitated at the block levels by the BDOs,
Sangma said as the BDOs were overburdened, the government
would be setting up inspectorates at all the blocks and the
officers in the section would be dedicated with the task of
addressing the issues related to influx."The issue of infiltration by foreign nationals is not
only confined to the international border but also to the
inter-state boundaries and it is not addressed exclusively by
the agencies under the state government. We have pressed the
Centre for enhanced presence of BSF along the international
border," the Chief Minister said.Task forces will be set up in the districts, headed by
the DCs, and they will be engaged in ensuring complete
registration of the labours and inter-state migrants who have
settled here temporarily for jobs or other business.Sangma also said the state was contemplating issuing
identity cards to all bonafide citizens of the state.