Assam-Meghalaya Border issue: Regional Committees to meet soon, says Meghalaya Dy CM Sniawbhalang Dhar
First Published: 13th July, 2024 20:26 IST
Submissions of report by the three regional committees on inter-state boundary issue to the Meghalaya government have been extended till September 30.
A fresh round of border talks between Assam and Meghalaya is on the cards. Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Sniawbhalang Dhar said that the regional committees for West Jaintia Hills District to discuss the Meghalaya and Assam boundary talks will be meeting very soon.
While speaking to media, Dhar said, “We will try to meet at the earliest possible time.”
He said that the joint visit to the areas of difference may be done at the level of the Chief Ministers.
Submissions of report by the three regional committees on inter-state boundary issue to the Meghalaya government have been extended till September 30. This was informed through a notification issued by the Home (Political) Department on July 10.
Last year, on September 13, both Assam and Meghalaya CM met in Shillong and discussed on border dispute issue.
The Assam Chief Minister said, “We discussed the ongoing works of regional committees and there is a lot of progress. Recently we could finally agree on the survey post of Hahim. There is lot of progress is happening on both sides. We discussed about confidence-building measures too. But today’s discussion was unofficial and informal. But this informal meeting will be followed by a formal meeting.”
“I would like to request both sides of people to maintain peace and harmony because they must remember that we are working overtime to resolve the dispute. We want to keep the best interest of the people living on both sides of the border, in our mind we want to protect them. We will try to resolve the dispute to the satisfaction of the people of both Assam and Meghalaya,” Himanta Biswa Sarma said.
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