Mizoram Accuses Assam Of Encroachment As State Border Dispute Escalates

Mizoram-Assam Tussle: After a massive tussle in 2018, the state border row resurfaced in August last year. The matter further escalated in February and was defused after a series of parleys with the intervention of the Centre.

Mizoram today accused Assam of encroaching upon its land in the Kolasib district, in a new escalation of the border dispute between the two Northeastern states. Kolasib district's superintendent of police Vanlalfaka Ralte said that over a hundred officials and policemen led by Assam's Hailakandi district deputy commissioner and SP entered Mizoram's territory and has been camping there since Tuesday. The area, locally known as Aitlang hnar (the source of river Aitlang), belongs to Mizoram and is about 5 km from Vairengte village in Kolasib which borders Assam's Karimganj district, he said. The residents of Vairengte practice plantations in the area, which they claim belongs to Mizoram since time immemorial, Mr Ralte said.