Meghalaya villagers protest border fencing plan: HT

Residents of a village on the India-Bangladesh border in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya have protested the proposed border fencing alignment, saying it would leave their community isolated outside the security barrier, according to Hindustan Times, reports bdnews24.com

Villagers of Lyngkhong, located near the zero line in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district, staged a demonstration on Sunday, the Indian English-language daily said.

They submitted a memorandum to local authorities demanding that fencing be built along the border itself rather than further inside Indian territory, it added.

"We are not against border fencing, but we want the fence to be erected at the zero line so that our village remains inside India and within the fenced area," village head Ramu was quoted by PTI as saying.