Aizawl: Mizoram’s lone Lok Sabha member C. Lalrosanga on Thursday stated the Assam Rifles has assured the Mizoram authorities to shift its battalion headquarters from Aizawl to Zokhawsang, about 15 km on the japanese outskirts of the state capital, an official assertion stated.
There are three Assam Rifles battalions in Mizoram with their headquarters in Aizawl, Lunglei within the southern a part of the state and in central Mizoram’s Serchhip city.
Throughout a courtesy name with Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati on Thursday, Lalrosanga knowledgeable the previous that he had been already assured by the Director-Basic of Assam Rifles to begin relocation of their base from the guts of Aizawl to Zokhawsang on the finish of monsoon this yr, the assertion stated.
The MP believes that there will probably be no objection in shifting the Assam Rifles base because the proposed headquarters at Zokhawsang has been duly accomplished, it stated.
He urged the governor to intervene within the matter as he believed that the relocation of Assam Rifles battalion headquarters will remedy the congestion downside within the state capital, the assertion stated.
In February 2019, the Union Ministry of House Affairs (MHA) had directed the Assam Rifles to shift its battalion headquarters from Aizawl to Zokhawsang by Might 31 that yr.
Zokhawsang is situated about 15 km on the japanese outskirt of Aizawl.
Regardless of the Centre’s directive, the nation’s oldest paramilitary power has not shifted its base to the designated place until date.
The Assam Rifles headquarters has been situated on an enormous stretch of land within the coronary heart of Aizawl since 1917. The nation’s oldest paramilitary power has bases at Zodin (Lammual) and Khatla space in Aizawl.
The erstwhile Mizo Nationwide Entrance (MNF) authorities headed by former chief minister Laldenga had demanded the shifting of Assam Rifles’ headquarters to Zokhawsang in 1988 after the safety forces killed seven civilians in a conflict.
Earlier in March, Chief Minister Zoramthanga had written to the Union House Ministry, to expedite the relocation of Assam Rifles headquarters to Zokhawsang.
In the meantime, Lalrosanga additionally briefed the Governor about numerous tasks which might be pending with the Centre with a specific reference to the DoNER Ministry.
He assumed that these tasks will quickly get authorized since there are sufficient funds put aside for 10 per cent Gross Budgetary Assist of various ministries for the Northeastern states together with CSS and CS.
The Governor lauded the MP for his efforts and requested him to make the most of his MP fund to the optimum for the event of the state. He additionally urged Lalrosanga to search out out the likelihood for the inclusion of Mizo language within the eighth schedule.
Amongst others, the 2 have additionally mentioned the necessity for expediting the completion of Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Challenge (KMMTTP), the Indo-Myanmar bilateral undertaking to attach West Bengal’s Kolkata with Northeast India through Sittwe seaport in Myanmar’s Rakhine.
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