Our Correspondent Diphu, Sep.30 (EMN): Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) held a supplementary budget session on Friday relating to payment of outstanding liabilities under Primary Education department, PWD and Works department. Chief Executive Member (CEM), KAAC, Tuliram Ronghang, who placed the supplementary budget under various heads of accounts, said the original grant of budgetary allocation for the administration of justices for setting up of village courts as per the Mikir Hills Autonomous District (Administration of Justice) Rules 1954, was INR 167 lakh, but an additional amount of INR 335.20 lakh is required to meet the expenses. The CEM informed chairman, KAAC, Raju Tisso, who chaired the session that an additional amount of INR 1000 lakh against the original grant of INR 2636 lakh budgetary allocation for the Education department is required. Ronghang also sought an additional amount of INR 36, 80, 00,000 against the original grant of INR 36, 80, 00,000 for the Works de
Our Correspondent Diphu, Aug. 26 (EMN): The Autonomous State Demand Committee (ASDC) of Karbi Anglong has opposed to what it termed as ‘give and take policy’ adopted by the Meghalaya and Assam governments pertaining to the inter-state border issue. A chief minister-level meeting on Assam-Meghalaya border dispute was held in Guwahati on August 21, wherein the house decided to form a three-regional level committee to solve disputes in six remaining border areas between the two states. ASDC on Friday submitted a memorandum to the chief executive member of Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC), Tuliram Ronghang, apprising him to take up immediate steps with the government of Assam in order to avoid hostility between the two states. Speaking to media person at ASDC Central Committee office in Diphu on Friday, the ASDC secretary in-charge of publicity, Daniel Teron, stated that the boundary issue between Assam (Karbi Anglong) and Meghalaya has been finalised in the government notificat