Mutual Understanding Reached Between Assam, Meghalaya Over Border Dispute: Himanta Sarma

Mumbai: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that his government has reached a “mutual understanding” on six areas of a border dispute between the two neighbouring states with Meghalaya, which was taken up in the first phase of the border dispute.

“We have reached a mutual understanding between the two governments (Assam and Meghalaya) today. But it has to be ratified at the larger level. People are involved in this matter, state interest is involved. The government alone cannot decide,” Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

Meghalaya’s Deputy CM Prestone Tynsong said, “More or less we are almost about to reach agreement in areas that we have already inspected. Now again both CMs have directed to bring out detailed reports and thereafter one more meeting will be held between two CMs.” “They will be meeting even the Union Home Minister hopefully before January 21. Maybe the final agreement will be made public to both the states of Assam and Meghalaya after they come back,” he added.

In the long-standing inter-state border disputes between Assam and Meghalaya, their respective chief ministers held a meeting on December 23 last year and decided to resolve the issues in six of the 12 regions.

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