Fencing delay hits BSF job:ed

From The Telegraph E.M. JOSE Shillong,: The delay in carrying out fencing along the 135km international border in Jaintia Hills and Khasi hills since 2007 has created hurdles for the BSF to carry out its task of effective border policing in these areas. The Meghalaya government is yet to give its nod to the construction of border fencing because of the opposition from several NGOs. A senior BSF police official told The Telegraph today that as the fencing has stopped since a few years ago in Khasi hills-Jaintia Hills, the BSF has not been able to man the border effectively. According to the BSF, border fencing will minimise transborder crimes, including smuggling. The BSF claimed that it had written to the state government several times on the need to resume the fencing but in vain. The state government had to keep in abeyance border fencing in several areas in Khasi-Jaintia Hills because of the opposition from pressure groups under the banner Co-ordination Committee on International Border..................................