GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma met his Arunachal Pradesh counterpart Pema Khandu on Wednesday Took part in the 2nd CM-level meeting to resolve the boundary disputes between the two states.
Further, as per discussion, it was decided that the two Northeastern states will form district-level committees to resolve the longstanding border disputes in a time-bound manner.
Notably, the district committees will undertake joint surveys in the disputed areas to find tangible solutions to the long-pending issue based on historical perspective, ethnicity, contiguity, people's will and administrative convenience of both the states.
Meanwhile, the state government has also finalised the terms of reference of the committees.
Assam Border Area Development Minister Atul Bora, and chief secretaries and senior officials of both the states were present at the meeting.
Assam and Arunachal Pradesh share an 804.1-km-long border and there are 1,200 points of dispute along with it.
Arunachal Pradesh was a centrally-administered region initially after Independence and became a Union Territory later, before attaining full statehood in 1987.
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