Meghalaya to set up anti-infiltration directorate

Shillong, Sept 2 (PTI) Meghalaya government today decided to set up an anti-infiltration directorate to deal with the problem of influx.After chairing a meeting of the task force on influx, Chief Minister Mukul Sangma said the directorate will be set up before October 15."It will have a dedicated force and will work under the Home Department," he said.Though earlier it was decided that registration of the labourers will be facilitated at the block levels by the BDOs, Sangma said as the BDOs were overburdened, the government would be setting up inspectorates at all the blocks and the officers in the section would be dedicated with the task of addressing the issues related to influx."The issue of infiltration by foreign nationals is not only confined to the international border but also to the inter-state boundaries and it is not addressed exclusively by the agencies under the state government. We have pressed the Centre for enhanced presence of BSF along the international border," the Chief Minister said.Task forces will be set up in the districts, headed by the DCs, and they will be engaged in ensuring complete registration of the labours and inter-state migrants who have settled here temporarily for jobs or other business.Sangma also said the state was contemplating issuing identity cards to all bonafide citizens of the state.