Haikot VA condemns high-handedness of survey team, State force
Source: The Sangai Express
Kangpokpi, September 13 2022:
Citing an alleged injury caused to a woman by a tear gas shell while protesting against the land survey and geotagging of the highway between Sangshak and Tengnoupal Road yesterday, Haikot Village Authority has vehemently condemned the alleged high-handedness of State forces and the survey team.
Haikot Village Authority has stated that a survey team under the protection of State forces was sent to National Highway 102A which passes through the land of Haikot Village yesterday in connection with the land survey and geotagging of the highway between Sangshak and Tengnoupal road.
It added that Haikot villagers expressed their dissent against the action as the measuring and geotagging of the land in question was based on the Fact-Finding Committee of 2002 which is not recognized by the Haikot villagers since it contradicted the traditional boundary which has been maintained for generations between Haikot Village and Khoibu (Khongthel) Village.
Haikot VA also recalled that an appeal was made to the DC, Tengnoupal not to conduct the survey based on the proceedings of the Fact-Finding Committee of 2002 .
Despite this appeal, the Government agency high-handedly carried out the survey and also fired tear-gas at Haikot villagers causing panic among them and injuring a woman on the head with a tear gas shell on the head leading to her being hospitalized, it added.
While vehemently condemning the alleged act of the survey team and the State force, the Haikot Village Authority also condemned the subsequent imposition of Section 144 CrPC on the villagers in such a remote village while allowing the Government agency to carry on with the survey.
"Such discriminatory acts should be condemned by all right-thinking citizens", it added.
The Village Authority further stated that as per the official survey conducted by SDC Tengnoupal in 1991 through the instructions of DC Chandel and SDO Tengnoupal, the affected land of Haikot Village by the highway is 1� km.
The Haikot Village will accept the measurement and geotagging only if it is done in accordance with this 1991 official survey, it added.
The Village Authority has also appealed to the authorities concerned not to proceed with the land survey and geotagging until the issue has been resolved amicably.