Assam, Mizoram to form border panels
The Hindu
The move is based on the formula adopted in Assam’s boundary disputes with Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh
GUWAHATI
Assam and Mizoram are in the process of forming regional committees to study the disputed sectors along the 164.6 km border between them.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma made the announcement after meeting his Mizoram counterpart Zoramthanga in New Delhi on Wednesday for resolving the four-decade-old boundary issue.
“We discussed a gamut of issues pertaining to resolving our vexed border problem. We are also in the process of forming the regional panels to discuss and resolve the issue,” he said.
The meeting between the two Chief Ministers at the Assam House was primarily to review the minister-level talks held in Mizoram capital Aizawl on August 9.
“The progress of the talks has been satisfactory,” Mr. Zoramthanga said.
At least half a dozen people, mostly from Assam, have been killed in the conflicts along the Assam-Mizoram boundary since October 2020. There were flare-ups earlier too.
Amidst demand by the BJP for an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged unauthorised transfer of funds belonging to the Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation (MVSTDC), Home Minister G. Parameshwara on Friday said that the State government will not hand over the investigation to the CBI “voluntarily.”