Digital desk: Despite decades of interstate border disputes, the two states have come to an amicable solution by sharing a stretch of 36.79 sq km of land.
Besides, the Assam government has considered handing over 18.28 sq km to Meghalaya.
According to the Asom Satra Mahasabha, Assam's umbrella group for Satras or Vaishnavite monasteries, Matesar Satra and Netuazapa Satra will be moving south to Meghalaya.
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According to reports, a village named Jimirigaon is located just around one and a half KM from Meghalaya where development is a matter of joke.
Speaking to a local media agency, a local of Jimirigaon, Durgeshwar Rabha replied when asked where he would like to stay, he said, “ I would prefer to stay in Assam, But the case is different in Meghalaya, as it runs in a rush line and we need to obey their orders.”
“Having Meghalaya land is like a paan shop, which can be carried from one place to another as per their wish, which we can never adhere to. Therefore, we will stay only in Assam as we have complete rights to our land here. We have been living here for three generations now and won’t ever go to Meghalaya,” he said.
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