Borbori doesn't have proper roads, its villagers have no idea when their village will get electricity, and they make do with a mud and slush lane. Yet, all the village wants is a panacea for its elephant ailment. Some 2,000 Assamese, nestled between Guwahati and the main airport, complain only about marauding elephants. Their lands fall under the Guwahati West Assembly constituency, and for them large-scale depredation by wild elephants is a pressing concern. Bread and butter issues can be addressed later, they say.
Politicians always remember Borbori during elections as each vote counts.
If I am voted to power, my priority would be to seek permission from the Central government for capturing wild elephants to reduce the havoc or else to permanently keep tame elephants to drive away the wild herds. Although the AGP and BJP are allies in Assam, in the Guwahati West constituency a friendly contest is on between the two with both parties fielding their candidates. But for some villagers of Borbori and adjoining areas, like Rani and Shikarihati, elephants are the least of their worries. They are now beginning to realize the changes outside their cloistered environs. Our postal address is Borbori, Guwahati-17.