Mizoram Seeks Centre's Help For Lifting "Economic Blockade" After Border Clash

Mizoram has written to the Centre stating that NH 306, which connects it with the rest of the country, has been blocked in Assam since July 26.

The Mizoram government on Wednesday sought the Centre's intervention for the lifting of an "economic blockade" staged by the people of Barak Valley in Assam after a recent bloody clash along the inter-state border. Seven people, including six Assam Police personnel, have been killed and over 50 people, including an SP, injured in a clash along the inter-state border on Monday. In a letter addressed to Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Mizoram Home Secretary Lalbiaksangi said that National Highway 306, the state's lifeline that connects it with the rest of the country, has been blocked in Assam since July 26. "The blockade is adversely affecting the livelihood of the people of Mizoram. Movement of vehicles along other routes connecting Mizoram and Assam has also been blocked inside Assam.