NCHISF meets DC Paul Barua for pending compensation

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HAFLONG: The NC Hills Indigenous Students' Forum (NCHISF) held a joint meeting with the representatives of NHAI-affected villages at Ladies' Welfare Conference hall, Haflong to discuss the pending NHAI compensation due to the damage caused by JKM-NKC Company following the construction of 4-lane East-West Corridor recently.

After the meeting, the joint team called on Deputy Commissioner Paul Barua at his Official Chamber to apprise him of the compensation and slow maintenance work of NH-54E Nrimbanglo-Harangajao. The DC assured the NCHISF that he would convene a joint meeting at the earliest to settle the matter.

David Keivom, president of NCHISF, while speaking to media, said that both the Railways and NHAI promised that they would pay all the necessary compensation to the affected families for all the necessary assessments of the damage were done jointly by District Administration, Council Revenue Department, NHAI, GBs, land owners and NCHISF representatives way back in 2015.

They had requested the NHAI authorities that all the necessary compensation should be cleared before the termination of the main contractor JKM-NKC.

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