Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad Sangma met in Shillong and mentioned numerous points together with the Assam-Meghalaya border dispute subject.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad Sangma on Wednesday met in Shillong and mentioned numerous points together with the Assam-Meghalaya border dispute subject. The Assam Chief Minister and Meghalaya Chief Minister on Wednesday inaugurated the Karbi Hemtun at Shillong. Constructed at a value of Rs 21.5 crore, this state-of-the-art visitor home can accommodate greater than 50 folks.
Similar such fashionable visitor homes for the Karbi group are being constructed in Guwahati, Kolkata and New Delhi. Both Chief Ministers interacted with media individuals and talked concerning the ongoing course of to resolve the border dispute subject between each states. The Assam Chief Minister stated that each Chief Ministers will meet in Guwahati within the first week or second week of October.
“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 stated.
“….. probably we will be able to take some confidence-building measures and with that, we will visit the border. Because we thought that our visit should not create tension. If both CMs go to the area and after our return, there is fresh tension, then people will blame us. For that, we sat today and thereafter we will have a formal meeting. Once those confidence-building measures are formalized we will go to the sites and we will discuss with the people of the border village also,” he added.
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Assam and Meghalaya have partially resolved a 50-year-old border dispute in six of the 12 sectors alongside their 885-km boundary. In March final 12 months, Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad Sangma signed a “historic” settlement for a closure in six disputed sectors that have been taken up for decision within the first section in presence of Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi.
