Assam, Meghalaya Sign Agreement To Resolve Boundary Dispute

Guwahati: The Chief Minister of Assam and Meghalaya on Tuesday signed an agreement to resolve the 50-year-old boundary dispute between their states.

The said agreement was signed in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, chief secretaries of both the states as well as other officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

''The signing of the agreement to end the decades-long dispute is a historic day for the northeast,'' said Amit Shah.

As per reports, a total of 11 representatives of the Meghalaya government and nine of Assam were present in the meeting at the MHA office.

Speaking to reporters over the same, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma hailed the development and said, ''Historic day for all of us". As per the home minister's advice, we started these talks.

''We decided that out of 12 dispute points, we can start one by one. A group of ministers (then) worked on this and we were able to find a solution," he added.

Echoing similar sentiments, Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma said, "We'll do our best to ensure that we take this forward to resolve other differences as well. We have started this to resolve border differences and we have completed the first phase.''

''We want to thank Assam CM Himanta ji," he added.

Earlier, both Assam and Meghalaya governments had come up with a draft resolution to resolve the border disputes in six 12 regions, along their state boundaries.

Notably, the agreement aims to resolve differences in six "areas of differences", that comprise nearly 70 percent of the total boundary.

The Assam-Meghalaya border dispute areas are of Upper Tarabari, Gazang reserve forest, Hahim, Langpih, Borduar, Boklapara, Nongwah, Matamur, Khanapara-Pilangkata, Deshdemoreah Block I and Block II, Khanduli and Retacherra.

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