Meghalaya CM Conrad K. Sangma and Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma meet up in Guwahati to discuss the formation of regional committees to forward the second phase of border discussions.
Digital Desk: The second round of border discussion between Meghalaya and Assam to settle differences over six disputed territories will take place in Guwahati today (21st August, Sunday), according to Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong.
On March 29 in New Delhi, in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the two northeastern states signed a memorandum of understanding to settle the five-decade-old border issue in six of the 12 disputed districts.
Conrad K. Sangma, the chief minister of Meghalaya, and Himanta Biswa Sarma, the chief minister of Assam, will meet in Guwahati today to discuss the creation of regional committees to advance the second phase of border talks for resolving the remaining six points of contention, according to Tynsong.
The deputy chief minister stated that the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government's top goal is to find a solution to the boundary dispute with Assam.
Six places, including Tarabari (4.69 sq km), Gizang (13.53 sq km), Hahim (3.51 sq km), Boklapara (1.57 sq km), Khanapara-Pilangkata (2.29 sq km), and Ratacherra, were taken up for final settlement in March (11.20 sq km).
Villages in disputed blocks 1 and 2 that were moved for administrative reasons from the United Khasi and Jaintia district to Assam's Karbi Anglong district in the 1950s are among the remaining six regions.
Meghalaya was separated from Assam in 1972, and the two states are separated by a 733-kilometer border.
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