Apprehensive of losing more than 1,000 acres of land, the Riwar Mihngi Development Committee (RMDC) has strongly opposed the fencing of Indo-Bangla border. The RMDC also demanded immediate payment of compensation for those affected in the devastating hailstorm of 2000, in which crops worth more than Rs 1 crore were destroyed. The committee, however, requested the Centre to open border hats so that the people can sell their agricultural products easily.