Shillong/Guwahati: Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma (CM Konrad K. Sangma) and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma will meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday to resolve the border dispute between the two northeastern states in six regions. Submit your recommendations.
Addressing a press conference after chairing the Assam cabinet meeting, Sarma said both the states would submit their recommendations to the Center and urged it to take the matter forward.
“The Assam-Meghalaya border issue was discussed in the cabinet. A consensus has been reached in the regional committees of both the states and also at the chief minister’s level. In Shillong, Meghalaya Chief Minister Sangma said he along with his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma will meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday and submit to him the recommendations of the two northeastern states to resolve the border dispute in six areas. Sangma told reporters that the meeting would be held in New Delhi on Thursday evening.
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Sangma made the announcement after chairing a meeting of the Meghalaya Cabinet. In the meeting, the recommendations of the three regional committees set up by his government on the border dispute were approved. He said that the recommendations of the regional committees of Meghalaya and the Assam government would be given to the Union Home Ministry for further action.
“The Chief Minister of Assam and I will submit the report to the Union Home Minister in Delhi on Thursday evening (after 6 pm),” Sangma said. We will submit at least one common report and then I think the Indian government will have to proceed according to the law.” He said the Home Ministry would finalize a conclusion after discussions. He said the demarcation would be done after the parliamentary process. Sangma said, “The Survey of India will have to come and do a joint observation and may have to pass a bill.” He said that both the states have agreed on villages in the border areas and the natural boundaries including rivers and forests have been identified.
There are 36 villages in six different places with a total area of 36.79 sq km. Sangma said that the border dispute has been there for 50 years and it is a difficult task to resolve it, but due to the efforts of both the states, we have reached a solution. “We have consulted many stakeholders, held many meetings and many visits. As I said, this is actually a very important and historic moment.” (agency)