Mohanbari: Both Arunachal Pradesh and Assam have once again agreed to amicably resolve the decades-old inter-state border dispute.
A second joint meeting of regional committees of Namsai, Lohat, and Lower Dibang valleys of Arunachal and Tinsukia district of Assam was held at Arunachal Bhawan in Dibrugarh on Thursday after which the pledge was reiterated.
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Arunachal Deputy Chief Minister Chunaman said both the state governments are committed to resolving the seven-decade-old border dispute after the BJP-led NDA government came to power in both the states as well as at the Centre.
“We are moving in the right direction under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah,” said Main, who is also chairman of Namsai and Lohit district regional committees.
He added that the border issue between Namsai and Tinsukia and Lohat and Tinsukia has almost been resolved as there is no border dispute between these two districts with Assam.
However, Main added that whatever slight differences exist between the district administrations of the two sides on the proposed ‘as and where basis’, it should be resolved amicably between the two legislators in consultation with the parties. will be done
He said that the report of the joint meeting of the regional committees will be submitted to the Chief Ministers of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh before October 15.
The first joint meeting of inter-state regional committees was held on 22 August 2022 at Namsai after field inspection of inter-state border areas.
Border issues between Lower Dibang Valley District and Tinsukia District were also discussed in the meeting. However, the regional committees decided to conduct another joint field inspection of the border areas between the two districts before submitting any report.
Assam was led by Border Security and Development Minister Atul Bora, MLA Bolan Chetia, Deputy Commissioners of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia and Superintendents of Police.
Health and Family Welfare Minister Alu Lebang, MLAs Gum Tiang, Jamm Ite Deori, Karikho Kari, Machhu Mithi, Chau Xingnu Namchom, Namsai, Lohit and Lower Dibang Valley Deputy Commissioners, and Lohit and Namsai Superintendent of Police in Arunachal.
