By September-end local committees of both states to visit Langpih

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By September-end local committees of both states to visit Langpih

Shillong: A joint team of Regional Committees of Assam and Meghalaya, formed to resolve the second round of border disputes between the two neighboring states, the disputed village of Langpih along Assam’s Kamrup district and Meghalaya’s West Khasi Hills. Will visit the district. at the end of September.
The decision was taken at a meeting of regional committees of Assam and Meghalaya at Hotel Pinewood in Shillong on Monday (August 28).

The meeting was held to find a mutually acceptable solution to end the border disputes between the two states.
Assam Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary and Meghalaya Minister Paul Lyngdoh led the regional committee of the two states in the meeting.
In the meeting, it was decided to find ways for a permanent solution to the border issues in Lampi of Kamrup district, bordering the West Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya.
“The two regional committees had a very productive meeting in a very pleasant atmosphere. The disputed areas have now been narrowed down and the members of both the regional committees have been assigned to the identified areas in the latter part of September after the assembly sessions in both the states. will visit,” Assam Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary told reporters after the meeting.
“All stakeholders will be consulted and settled during the visit,” Patowary said and expressed confidence that a permanent solution to the border issues would be found at the earliest.

Kamrup Guardian Secretary S. Laksmanan, Kamrup District Commissioner Kirti Jalli, Assam Bhavan Shillong Deputy Resident Commissioner Monjit Sonowal, Kamrup District SP and ADC were also present in the meeting.
From Meghalaya, West Khasi Hills Regional Committee Chairman and Cabinet Minister Paul Lyngdoh was accompanied by MLAs and other committee members.

This was the second meeting of the regional committees of Kamrup and West Khasi Hills districts.
Sources here said that there are more than 200 villages under Langpih sector but problem areas are around 54.

In some cases, at least 7-8 such villages have agreed to stay with Assam but most of these 54 villages would like to stay with Meghalaya.
It is learned that Meghalaya Regional Committee has also presented maps, land documents and list of implemented development schemes in the meeting to support its claims.
The meeting also decided to approach to resolve issues related to large clusters of villages as the few villages dominated by non-Khasi and non-Garo are very few in number.

An Assam government official said: “Our target is November. We intend to submit our report to the respective chief ministers by the end of the year.

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