Mizoram To Furnish List Of Villages Within 3 Months To Support Its Claim: Assam Minister Over Border Dispute

The Chief Ministers of Assam and Mizoram have met twice since last year to reach a desirable solution.

Assam and Mizoran government officials meet to discuss border dispute

A meeting between the Assam and Mizoram governments was held in Guwahati on Thursday over the inter-state border dispute.  

Assam Agriculture Minister Atul Bora and Forest Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary and Mizoram’s Home Minister Lalchamliana, Land Revenue and Settlement Minister Lalruatkima were there in the meeting along with other senior government officials. 

Discussing about the how the meeting will pave the way to finding a solution to the matter, Assam minister Atul Bora, “During the meeting, several decisions were taken by both State governments including the Mizoram government will furnish the list of villages, their areas, geo-spatial extent and ethnicity of the people and other relevant information within three months to support their claim which can be examined by setting up Regional Committees from both sides to arrive at an amicable resolution of the vexed border issues and the Assam government will extend full cooperation whenever sought.” 

He further said that both sides also agreed to stand by the resolutions encapsulated in the Joint Statement of August 5, 2021, which was signed in Aizawl.  

"Both sides agreed to continue their resolve to maintain peace and harmony on the inter-state border among communities living on both sides with a view to further strengthening their age-old ties,” he said. 

The Mizoram delegation expressed its concern over the unrestness among the areca nut growers due to transportation problems, Bora informed. 

Bora added that both the governments also agreed to forward the issue to respective Chief Ministers to reach a desirable solution.  

Earlier, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and Mizoram CM Zoramthanga met twice in New Delhi in November last year and September this year to find a solution to the vexed border dispute. 

Assam shares a 164-6 km long inter-state boundary with Mizoram and the border dispute between the two neighbouring states is a decade long-standing issue.