Shillong,Jan 21: Residents of Mawkynrew and Mawlein under ‘Sur Paidbah jong ki ar Dorbar Shnong’ have said they will not allow construction of the Ramakrishna mission school to resume in Mawkynrew village till the land dispute is resolved.
The response is following protests resulting in injury to six persons including four women police personnel.
The district administration clamped curfew.
According to the villagers, the acting sordar and his close aides have alloted the land at Umjar Football Ground to Ramakrishna Mission for the construction of school building though it was handed over to Mawkynrew sports club.
Addressing a press conference, former Sordar of Mawlien village Phrangstarwell Wankhar said the people of Mawkynrew and Mawlein are not against the construction of schools but are against the allotment of the land at Madan Umjar since it was allotted to Mawkynrew Sports Cub.
Wankhar alleged that the acting Sordar along with his close aides bypassed the two Dorbar Shnong and its people by allotting land to the Ramakrishna Mission to construct its school building.
“We also need the school to uplift the education scenario in the region and at the same time we need a football ground but opposition to construct the Ramakrishna Mission school is not against education but it is against the misuse of power by the acting Sordar and his closed aids to hand over a plot of land to the school authority without the knowledge of the two Dorar Shnong and its people” said Wankhar.
Wankhar said that the land at Umjar Football Ground belongs to the Raid which includes Mawkynrew and Mawlein and its was handed over to Mawkynrew Sports Cub in 2013 but the acting Sordar has bypassed the two Dorbar Shnong and its people to hand over the same plot of land to Ramakrishna Mission.
He added that there is enough evidence that the land given by the acting Sordar to the Ramakrishna Mission is not at Umjar Football Ground but the on-going construction of the school building has encroached inside the football field.
