Shillong: Directions has been given to the forest officials to have a proper interaction with the traditional institutions to make them understand of the real intention of the government in having the Elephant Reserve in parts of West Khasi Hills covering vast areas joining Balpakram. According to Tynsong, the government intended to introduce the Elephant Reserve from Wahblei in West Khasi Hills district to East and South Garo Hills districts for protection of wild elephant inhabited in these areas. However, the proposal has been strongly objected by more than 100 of traditional institutions of West Khasi Hills district including the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) “It is high time that “change” should take place if people want to see that Meghalaya becomes a model state,” Tynsong said. Tynsong said that it is too difficult to implement the various laws and acts for protection and conservation of wildlife in Meghalaya because of the present land tenure system adopted by the state. “This (land tenure) is the greatest bottle neck and challenges when it comes to implementation of the various laws and acts passed by Parliament and State Legislative Assembly,” Tynsong lamented. He also added, “Many of the projects proposed by the government cannot take off due to the peculiar mindset of the people that government would take an upper hand over their land which is not at all true.”