Shillong, Oct 20: The outlawed Hynñiewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) has asserted that the disputed Block I and II belong to Meghalaya and that they are ancestral and legal lands of the Khasi-Jaintia people.

In a statement today, HNLC self-style General Secretary Sainkupar Nongtraw said the state and central governments should initiate an impartial boundary re-survey under international standards by involving the Khasi-Jaintia traditional institutions.

Stating that the claim of ownership is grounded in history, administration and law the HNLC said, “Historical survey maps prepared by the British in 1872 and again in 1929 both recognized by the Government of Meghalaya in its present boundary claims depict Blocks I and II within the Hynniewtrep and not within the Karbi region. Th

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