• 30 of 36 disputed villages of Meghalaya-Assam border to remain in Meghalaya: Conrad Sangma

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    30 of 36 disputed villages of Meghalaya-Assam border to remain in Meghalaya: Conrad Sangma
    Digital Desk: Thirty of the 36 disputed villages along the Meghalaya-Assam border will remain in Meghalaya, as recommended by the two states' regional committees, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma told the legislature on Monday.

    According to him, the 36 villages encompass a 36.9 sq km area, whereas the 30 villages occupy an 18 sq km area.

    In a statement to the House on the status of discussions with the Assam government to resolve the inter-state boundary issue , the chief minister stated that both states have agreed that no additional areas of disagreement will be added to the already specified 12 regions.

    "Of the 36 villages claimed by Meghalaya in 2011, a total of 30 will remain in Meghalaya as recommended by regional committees of the two states. Ownership of land, however, will not be affected after demarcation of the boundary," he said.

    "All eight villages claimed by Meghalaya in Tarabari area will remain in the state. In Gizang of West Khasi Hills district, two of three claimed villages will remain under our administrative control," Sangma said.

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    Here is how the disputed villages alongside the Meghalaya-Assam border be divided.

    Meghalaya will receive 11 of the 12 claimed villages in the Hahim area, according to the chief minister.

    Boklapara will remain in Meghalaya, but Jumrigaon will move to Assam in the Ri-Bhoi district.

    Parts of Pilangata, Maikoli, and Barapathar would be in Meghalaya, whereas Khanapara and Dreamland Resort, which are populated by Assamese, will be in Assam.

    He stated that the remaining territories, including the whole Brahmaputra Realtors, will be in Meghalaya.

    Areas populated by Meghalayans will stay in the state of Patharkuchi.

    Mawmari Beel would stay in Assam, but the graveyard will be in Meghalaya in the Maikuli region.

    Malidor, Ratacherra, and Umpyrdet will stay in Meghalaya, while two villages will relocate to Assam in the East Jaintia Hills area.

    Sangma stated that regional committees of the two states led by cabinet ministers conducted talks, visits, and surveys, and that unique technologies were employed in the process.

    The Survey of India will define the territories more precisely in the presence of representatives from both states.

    In January, the chief minister stated that both states signed an MoU on the settlement and conclusion of talks in six areas of disagreement, which was sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

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