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Assam Arunachal border dispute: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh sign pact to resolve decades old border dispute |
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NEW DELHI: The governments of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday signed to resolve their long-standing boundary dispute along the borders.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Arunachal Pradesh counterpart Prema Khandu in the presence of Union home minister Amit Shah.
Assam and Arunachal Pradesh share an 804.1-km-long border.
The two states have been in discussions to resolve the border dispute with Sarma and Khandu signing the Namsai Declaration on July 15 last year wherein they had pledged to find a solution soon.
Officials said the two states decided to resolve the dispute in 123 villages.
“The signing of an agreement for the settlement of an inter-state boundary dispute between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh is a very big achievement. Today, we have crossed the milestone for the establishment of a developed, peaceful and conflict-free northeast,” Shah said.
Sarma said the deal is a “big and successful” moment. Khandu described the deal as “historic”.
Arunachal Pradesh, which was made a union territory in 1972, has been maintaining that several forested tracts in the plains traditionally belonged to hill tribal chiefs and communities and these were “unilaterally” transferred to Assam earlier.
After Arunachal Pradesh achieved statehood in 1987, a tripartite committee was appointed, which recommended that certain territories be transferred from Assam to Arunachal Pradesh.
Assam contested this and the matter was in the Supreme Court for a long time.
(With inputs from agencies)
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Arunachal Pradesh counterpart Prema Khandu in the presence of Union home minister Amit Shah.
Assam and Arunachal Pradesh share an 804.1-km-long border.
The two states have been in discussions to resolve the border dispute with Sarma and Khandu signing the Namsai Declaration on July 15 last year wherein they had pledged to find a solution soon.
Officials said the two states decided to resolve the dispute in 123 villages.
“The signing of an agreement for the settlement of an inter-state boundary dispute between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh is a very big achievement. Today, we have crossed the milestone for the establishment of a developed, peaceful and conflict-free northeast,” Shah said.
Sarma said the deal is a “big and successful” moment. Khandu described the deal as “historic”.
Arunachal Pradesh, which was made a union territory in 1972, has been maintaining that several forested tracts in the plains traditionally belonged to hill tribal chiefs and communities and these were “unilaterally” transferred to Assam earlier.
After Arunachal Pradesh achieved statehood in 1987, a tripartite committee was appointed, which recommended that certain territories be transferred from Assam to Arunachal Pradesh.
Assam contested this and the matter was in the Supreme Court for a long time.
(With inputs from agencies)
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