Meghalaya village protests India-Bangladesh border fence alignment

New Delhi ( Vivek Ojha ) : Meghalaya shares a 443-kilometer international border with Bangladesh, which is currently about 90% fenced to curb cross-border trafficking and secure the frontier. The remaining 40 to 45 kilometers of unfenced gaps are primarily in remote regions or areas where locals protest the fence alignment for fear of getting isolated from the rest of India.

Recently , Residents of a village along the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya held a demonstration on Sunday (June 7, 2026) demanding that the fencing be done along the zero line, else they would get isolated from the rest of the country.

Located virtually on the zero line in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district, Lyngkhong is one of the few villages where homes stand just metres from a settlement in Bangladesh. According to international convention, fencing has to be at least 150 yards from the zero line.

Locals say the village had been separated from Bangladesh largely by a bamboo fence erected by villagers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and nothing has changed much. On Sunday (June 7), they staged a protest and submitted a memorandum to the sub-divisional officer (SDO) of Pynursla, seeking an immediate halt to the ongoing fencing work.