- NET Web Desk
The Assam Chief Minister – Himanta Biswa Sarma today met his Arunachal Pradesh counterpart – Pema Khandu, and announced that both the northeastern states will constitute district-level committees to resolve long-standing border conflicts in a timely way.
This stood as the second chief ministerial-level meeting between the two states over the boundary issue; informed the Assam CM.
Taking to Twitter, Sarma wrote, “Took part in the 2nd CM-level meeting with my Arunachal Pradesh counterpart Hon’ble Shri @PemaKhanduBJP ji to resolve the boundary disputes between the two states. We decided to form district-level committees in both the states to resolve the issue in a time-bound manner.”
“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.” – he added.
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. pic.twitter.com/6j1NPFDdrs
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) April 20, 2022
Besides, the Assam CM also mentioned that terms of reference of the committees have also been finalized.
We have also finalised the terms of reference of the committees.
Cabinet colleague Shri @ATULBORA2, Assam Chief Secy Shri Jishnu Baruah, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Secy Shri Naresh Kumar and other senior officials from both the states were also present.
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) April 20, 2022
The meeting was also attended by the Assam Border Area Development Minister – Atul Bora, Chief Secretaries and senior officials of both the states.
Its worthy to note that Assam shares a length of 804.10 km inter-state boundary with Arunachal Pradesh, as informed by the Assam Government’s official website. While, following Independence, Arunachal Pradesh was a centrally-controlled region that eventually became a Union Territory (UT) until attaining full statehood in 1987.
