Shillong, July 4: NPP MLA from Jirang constituency, Sosthenes Sohtun on Wednesday joined the demand for upgrading Patharkhmah Administrative Unit into a Civil Sub-Division.

Various MLAs have demanded for creation of Civil Sub Division in their respective areas putting the MDA government in a situation which is not easy to fulfill the demands.

“We met the Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong and submitted a memorandum demanding the up-gradation of Patharkhmah Administrative Unit to a Civil Sub-Division,” Sohtun told reporters after the meeting.

He was accompanied by former Umroi MLA, Ngaitlang Dhar and other leaders Western Ri-Bhoi area.

Sohtun said that the Deputy Chief Minister said that the Government would examine the matter.

The Patharkhmah Administrative Unit was created 23 years ago, Sohtun said while justifying the demand to upgrade Patharkhmah a Civil Sub-Division.

He said that there are villages under Jirang constituency bordering Assam which has a distance of about 100 km from Nongpoh, the district headquarter of Ri-Bhoi district.