Assam-Meghalaya resolve border dispute; Amit Shah terms it 'historic day' for NE
The Hindu
The agreement was signed in the presence of Mr. Shah and Chief Ministers of Assam and Meghalaya Himanta Biswa Sarma and Conrad Sangma
Assam and Meghalaya on Tuesday signed an agreement to resolve their five-decade-old border dispute in six of the 12 locations, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah calling it a "historic day" for the Northeast.
The agreement was signed in the presence of Mr. Shah and Chief Ministers of Assam and Meghalaya Himanta Biswa Sarma and Conrad Sangma respectively.
The pact will resolve the protracted dispute in six of the 12 places along the 884.9 km border between the two states.
"It is a historic day for the Northeast," Shah said at the function held at the Ministry of Home Affairs here.
The Home Minister said with the signing of the agreement, 70% of the border dispute between the two states has been resolved.
There are 36 villages in the six places, covering an area of 36.79 sq km, with regard to which the agreement has been reached.
The two states had formed three committees each in August last year to go into the vexed boundary question. The constitution of the panels had followed two rounds of talks between Sarma and Sangma where the neighbouring states resolved to settle the dispute in a phased manner.
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