Dimapur, Jan. 16: The Zeliangrong Baudi, the apex association of the Zeliangrong community, yesterday threw its weight behind the Peren District Co-ordination and Facilitating Committee?s proposal to establish the district headquarters of Peren at a new site, called New Peren.
The Zeliangrong Baudi?s decision is likely to trigger a severe controversy because the residents of Peren town this week staged a demonstration demanding setting up of the district headquarters within the township. They said any move to establish the headquarters elsewhere would be tantamount to betraying the residents of Peren town.
However, the Zeliangrong Baudi and the co-ordination committee told mediapersons that the decision to locate the headquarters at a new place was taken because the town has neither the required area for expansion nor adequate water supply.
The associations have further decided to persuade the residents to give up their demand.
Caught in the crossfire, a resident of Peren said: ?Until this internal fighting is over, the sub-division?s would never become a district.?