All Assam Hills Tribal Council resents Govt's failure
Guwahati, February 14: The All Assam Hills Tribal Council has resented the Assam Government's alleged failure to develop the backward hill tribal areas along the Assam-Mizoram border in Hailakandi district, besides demanding inclusion of the Reangs there in the Scheduled Tribes (Hill) list.
The Council at a meeting in Hailakandi has accused the Government of failing to recognise the 120 villages in the district inhabited by various ethnic communities despite them being included in the voters list.
Claiming the Government "Only remembered the tribals there at the time of election forgetting them for the next five years", AAHTC joint secretary Bankim Chakma told PTI on Tuesday that the people there were thereby being deprived of development opportunities.
The Reang, Mizo, Naga, Chakma and Khasi tribes at the meeting, for setting up the Hailakandi chapter of the Council on Monday, alleged that the Government apathy deprived the villagers of education and job opportunities, drinking water, roads and bridges.
The meeting also pointed out that the villages along with their governing bodies not recognised, the village headmen were deprived of their remuneration, Chakma said.
The meeting further demanded that the Reangs be included in the ST (Hills) list or the Plains tribes List so that they received the benefits for education and employment along with the other tribal communities in the State.
The Tribal Council would be shortly submitting a memorandum to the State Government for fulfillment of their demands and grievances, he added.
Guwahati, February 14: The All Assam Hills Tribal Council has resented the Assam Government's alleged failure to develop the backward hill tribal areas along the Assam-Mizoram border in Hailakandi district, besides demanding inclusion of the Reangs there in the Scheduled Tribes (Hill) list.
The Council at a meeting in Hailakandi has accused the Government of failing to recognise the 120 villages in the district inhabited by various ethnic communities despite them being included in the voters list.
Claiming the Government "Only remembered the tribals there at the time of election forgetting them for the next five years", AAHTC joint secretary Bankim Chakma told PTI on Tuesday that the people there were thereby being deprived of development opportunities.
The Reang, Mizo, Naga, Chakma and Khasi tribes at the meeting, for setting up the Hailakandi chapter of the Council on Monday, alleged that the Government apathy deprived the villagers of education and job opportunities, drinking water, roads and bridges.
The meeting also pointed out that the villages along with their governing bodies not recognised, the village headmen were deprived of their remuneration, Chakma said.
The meeting further demanded that the Reangs be included in the ST (Hills) list or the Plains tribes List so that they received the benefits for education and employment along with the other tribal communities in the State.
The Tribal Council would be shortly submitting a memorandum to the State Government for fulfillment of their demands and grievances, he added.
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