Da u Bah Philip Marwein
Ka jingthmu kaba kongsan ban buh ia ka ïew thied-lang die-lang ha Mawlai-Mawïong bad ha Garobadha (Garo Hills) ka long na ka bynta ka jingbha jong ki Nongrep. Ka jingthmu hi ka long ba ki Nongrep kin leit rah ia ki mar-rep jong ki sha kine ki ïew ban die, bad ki nongkhaïi kin thied ia ki mar jong ki. Ki mar-rep ka mut kino kino ki mar-rep – la ki dei ki jhur kum u phan, u sohsaw, kubi, phulkubi, u kajor, u phresbin, u tyrso, salad, u bit, sohkhia bad kiwei ki jait jhur; ki jait soh baroh, u synsar, u sying, ka latyrpad, ki sohmrit, ki snepdieng, ki ñuitmaw bad kiwei kiwei ba ki nongrep ki ioh lane ki pynmih na ki jaka rep bad na ki khlaw ki btap jong ki.
Ym shym la ioh jingthoh mynno la plie ia ka iew ha Garobadha hynrei ia ka iew ha Mawlai-Mawïong la plie ha ka snem 1996 da u Chief Minister barim ka Meghalaya, u Salseng C. Marak, bad naduh kane ka snem kane ka Iew thied-lang ka la treikam. Ia ka jaka ha Garobadha bad ha Mawïong la thied da ka sorkar bad la aiti ha ka Agriculture Marketing Board ba kan pyniaid. Ia mynta tang ka iew ha Mawlai-Mawiong ka treikam thohmut thohmat (malu mala) hynrei kaba ha Garobadha kam treikam ei ei shuh, ka shu don tang ka shynrong suda. Ha iew thied-lang ha Mawlai-Mawiong la dep tei ia ki kudam bun tylli, don kiba heh bad ki don ruh kiba rit. Don kiba ngiam kham bun ka mar bad don kiba ngiam kham khyndiat. La tei ruh ia ka Kudam pynkhriat kaba heh bad kaba la treikam tang khyndiat por hynrei hadien, khlem pyndonkam ia ka bad la slem bah ka la sniew noh. Mynta ym long ban pyndonkam shuh ia ka. Ka jingthmu jong kane ka Kudam khriat ka long ban buh shipor ar-por ia ki mar-rep kiba pyut kloi khnang ba kin neh katto katne sngi tad haduh ban da lah ban pyniaid iew ia ki sha kiwei ki jaka.
Ka jingthmu ruh ka long ba ha kane ka iew, ia ki mar-rep jong ki nongrep la thied da ki mahajon ne ki nongkhaïi ha ka dor kaba kham bit ban iohnong ki nongrep lyngba kata kaba ki khot ka regulated price lane minimum support price. Hynrei, mynta bad wat mynshuwa ruh, kam long satia kumta. Kumba ka long mynta, ia kine ki dukan kiba long artat ki kudam, kiba don kumba 60 ne 70 tylli, la aiwai la ka jong ka jong sha ki mahajon dkhar kiba hap ban siew baiwai manla u bnai sha kane ka Marketing Board. Ka baiwai ruh ka long katkum ka jingheh jong ki dukan-kudam. Don ki mahajon kiba thied phan, don kiba thied synsar lane synñiam, don kiba thied latyrpad, don kiba thied snepdieng, ñuitmaw bad don kiba thied Ksehkhleiñ. Khlem iohi satia ia ki mahajon kiba thied ia kiwei kiwei ki jait mar-rep wat hadien ba la peit bniah bha da une u nongthoh. La iohi ruh ia ki dukan-kudam kiba set ia ki synduk sabon, ki Biskit (Biscuit), synduk Waiwai bad kiwei kiwei ki jait mar. Ia kine ki jait mar ba la set (stock) ha kine ki kudam, la kit pat sha sor Shillong ban die ia ki. Kane ka ïew kam urlong satia katkum ka jingthmu ba la buh ia ka hangthie.
Ia mynta hi ki mar-rep kiba poi ha ïew Mawlai-Mawïong, ka iew thied-lang die-lang, ki dei tang u phan, ka latyrpad, u synsar, u ksehkhleiñ, ka snepdieng bad ka ñuitmaw. Ia kine ki mar ym dei ba la leit die hangthie da ki nongrep hynrei da ki nongkhaïi-pateng (middlemen) bad ia kine ki mar la leit rah hangthie da ki kali bad la die pateng pat sha kine ki mahajon dkhar kiba khaïi pat sha Ri dkhar kum sha Guwahati, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Delhi bad shawei. Ka jingshalan ia u phan na ïew Mawlai-Mawïong shabar Meghalaya ka long kumne: ha ka snem 2015-16 ka long 5031 ton, ha ka snem 2016-17 ka long 3770 ton bad ha ka snem 2017-18 ka long 2284 ton. Nangta ka jingshalan ia u synsar na ïew Mawlai-Mawiong shabar jylla ha ka snem 2015-16 ka long 35,415 ton, ha ka snem 2016-17 43,889 ton bad ha ka snem 2017-18 ka long 38,556 ton. Shuh shuh na ka bynta ka Latyrpad pat ha ka snem 2015-16 ka long 7861 ton, ha ka snem 2016-17 7851 ton bad ha ka snem 2017-18 6021 ton. Na ka bynta u ksehkhleiñ pat ha ka snem 2015-16 351 ton, ha ka snem 2016-17 495 ton bad ha ka snem 2017-18 ka long 1386 ton.
Ka ba lyngngoh ka long ba ki nongrep kim treh ban leit die ia ki mar-rep jong ki ha ïew thied-lang Mawlai-Mawïong. Ki daw jong kane ki long kiba bun bha hynrei kiba kham kongsan ki dei ka jingjngai kane ka ïew na ki nongrep bad na ka bynta khyndiat ki mar-rep kim sngew myntoi ban leit rah shathie namar tang ka bai kali ruh la dap ram. Sa kawei ruh ym don ba thied ia ki mar-rep kiba pyut kloi. Nangta, ki nongkhaïi mar-rep mynta ki leit thied beit ia ki mar-rep na ki shnong ki shnong lane wat na lyngkha jong ki nongrep ruh ha ka dor kaba kham bit bad kumta, ki nongrep kim sngew donkam ban leit die sha ïewduh lane sha ïew Anjali, ïew Paltan Bazar ne ïew Mawlai-Mawiong. Ki la lait na ka kit ka bah shitom da ka met jong ki. Ki kali naduh bun bynta jong ka Guwahati, Assam, Silchar bad kiwei ki jylla ki la leit thied beit na ki kper bad ki lyngkha, ki shnong jong ka Ri Khasi -Jaintia, West Khasi Hills bad nawei. Kane ka mut ka iew ka la don ha shnong ne ha kper. Balei da pynshitom bad pynlut kai bun shah ban leit rah sha Iewduh, Iew Mawngap, Iew Langtstieh, Iew Mawkyrwat, Iew Nongstoiñ ne kiwei ki iew. Ka don ruh ka jingkynnoh ba ki mahajon jhur ne kiwei ki jait mar-rep jong ka iewduh ki pynshoi ia ki nongrep ban ym leit sha ïew Mawiong ba kin dup ioh mar maki bad kin ioh khñiot dor katba mon. Ha kaba kut hi, ka iew ha Mawlai-Mawiong ne Garobadha hi kin ym treikam katkum ba la mang ia ki, lait sa tang ynda la pyntreikam da kiwei ki buit bad ki lad thymmai da kaba pyndonkam ia kine ki iew ha kiwei pat ki rukom ban pynkamai na ka bynta ka sorkar. Shuh shuh, ia kine ki iew dei ban pyniaid da kito kiba tbit ha ka laiñ Business ne kiba la pass ia ka laiñ business, ym da ki briew ki bym don buit business eiei.