India, April 22 -- Meghalaya government on Wednesday asked the Centre to compensate landowners whose land falls outside the proposed Indo-Bangladesh border, calling this a direct threat to livelihoods while pressing for faster clearances to build strategic roads in border areas.

Deputy chief minister Prestone Tynsong said around 50-km of the border remains unfenced, but efforts to complete the fencing are facing resistance from locals over alignment concerns.

"We are trying out best to make sure this 50 odd km is fenced, however, there are some challenges," he said. Tynsong pointed out that locals are resisting the fencing as it pushes their cultivable land into "no man's land".

"Some land owners said if the fencing passes from here th...