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As calm reigns over Assam-Mizoram border, Centre summons top state officials to Delhi

The two states will work on a peace formula so there is no repeat of such violence
As calm reigns over Assam-Mizoram border, Centre summons top state officials to Delhi
As calm reigns over Assam-Mizoram border, Centre summons top state officials to Delhi

ITDC INDIA EPRESS/ITDC NEWS R As calm reigned over the Assam-Mizoram border in the day following bloody clashes that left seven Assamese policemen dead, the Centre summoned to New Delhi the chief secretaries and DGPs of Assam and Mizoram for a meeting today. The meeting, chaired by Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, will work on a peace formula so there is no repeat of such violence, according to multiple reports.

Border disputes between Assam and Mizoram are ongoing. Mizoram shares a 164.6km border with Assam. The two states are often at loggerheads over the boundary, which they dispute. Assam's Barak Valley districts of Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi share a 164 km long border with Mizoram's three districts of Aizawl, Kolasib and Mamit. Mizoram claims a 509-square-miles stretch of the inner-line reserve forest notified in 1875 as the actual boundary; tensions are also sometimes aggravated by what both sides refer to as "illegal cutting of trees".

Mizoram Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma had said on Tuesday that the situation was under control and asked people and district administrations of both states to refrain from taking any aggressive stand. Sangma said both the states are working to find an amicable solution to the border conflict and that he had spoken to his Assam counterpart on Monday and Tuesday. The MLA of Jirang, Sosthenes Sohtun, has been deputed to visit the site and report to the Meghalaya government on the matter. Besides, the Meghalaya chief secretary M.S. Rao and Ri-Bhoi district deputy commissioner have been asked to talk to their counterparts in Assam on the matter, he said.

 

 

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