SHILLONG: As part of the efforts made by the two state governments to settle the border issues, the chief ministers of Meghalaya and Assam will travel to several of the contested districts.
“Joint visit will be made to the sensitive areas to build confidence among people,” said Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma.
Conrad Sangma, the chief minister of Meghalaya, stated that "joint visits will be made to the sensitive areas to build confidence among the people."
“I have been in constant touch with the Assam counterpart. We are going to meet in a couple of weeks, before the month end,” said Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma.
In six of the twelve areas of disagreement, Meghalaya and Assam will discuss the boundary disputes during the upcoming round of border negotiations.
In the upcoming round of negotiations, Meghalaya and Assam will discuss the following areas: Block-I and Psiar-Khanduli in West Jaintia Hills district, Borduar, Nongwah-Mawtamur, Deshdoomreah, and Block-II in Ri Bhoi district, and Langpih in West Khasi Hills district.
Prior to the second round of negotiations, the Meghalaya government had stated that it will give local opinions high importance while addressing border conflicts with Assam.
An 885 km long interstate boundary separates Assam from Meghalaya.
Conrad K. Sangma, the chief minister of Meghalaya, and Himanta Biswa Sarma, the chief minister of Assam, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in March of last year to demarcate the border in at least six of the twelve disputed places that frequently cause tension between the two states.
The agreement was signed by the chief ministers of Assam and Meghalaya on March 29 of last year in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.The agreement aimed to end the ongoing conflict in six of the twelve locations along the 884.9 km boundary between the two states.
It has been 50 years since Assam and Meghalaya resolved their boundary issue. However, attempts to fix it have accelerated recently.
When Meghalaya was separated from Assam in 1972, there were disagreements about 12 boundary sites since the new state had challenged the Assam Reorganisation Act, of 1971.
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