Tsurangkong Range bordering Assam is inhabited by the Ao Naga Community of Mokokchung District, Nagaland and are the traditional land owners. The Tsurangkong Range is the ancestral traditional land belonging to the Ao Naga Community. Recently it has come to our notice that the government of Assam abetted by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change is trying to allot our traditional ancestral land to Vedanta for exploration and drilling of oil without our knowledge and consent. The Border Magistrate, District Forest Officer of Assam, officials from the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change and Vedanta were turned away from our area on 15th November 2024, who came for inspection of our area without our knowledge and consent for the purpose of exploration and drilling of oil.

Therefore, in Tsurangkong Range, without the knowledge, consent and valid agreement with the ancestral traditional land owners of the Ao Naga Community, no one will be allowed to explore, drill oil and extract natural resources.