DIMAPUR, APRIL 10 (MExN): The Lotha Students’ union (LSU) today expressed concern at laxity in securing the parts of the Wokha-Assam border in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A press release from the LSU Vice President,Chumbenkhuvung& General Secretary,PithungoShitio since the lockdown, the LSU officials during its inspection learnt that Meriyan village route “has been misused to carry all kinds of commodities from Assam and intoxicant supplies towards Wokha.”
“At this point of time when India has reached stage 3 of COVID-19, it is very disheartening to learn that no frisking is being carried out to stop the vehicular movement from Assam to Wokha in the deep jungles as we have all learnt that Assam has more than 28 COVID-19 postive cases and it can be easily spread to our state because no security force is looking after these areas till now to contain and stop vehicular movements,” the LSU informed.
It therefore appealed to all peace loving citizens to follow the lockdown directives of the state government and to restrict any kind of vehicular movement in Meriyan jurisdiction failing which the union will take its own course of action.
The LSU informed that it also inspected the Ralan Border area and lauded the division administration for coordinating sincerely with the village authorities and tirelessly working for the safety of the Ralan denizens and the Nagas in general.
Further, the union appealed to the State Government to give more efforts in the Bhandari and Ralan areas as these two areas share the longest border belt with neighbouring Assam.
It further extended support to the standing resolution of the Meriyan Village &Wozhuro Range Students Union to ban all kinds of picnicking, hunting, fishing and vehicular movement within its jurisdiction to suppress & contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
