Guwahati, April 22: A historic agreement was signed by Assam and Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi to settle the decade-old border dispute.
The two states have also agreed that there will not be any further claims of new areas by any side and both governments will effectively prevent any new encroachment on border areas.
The final boundary demarcation will be done by the Survey of India based on the MoU.
Assam’s inter-state border conflicts with its four neighbours — Nagaland, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh — all of which have been carved out of Assam post-Independence, have often resulted into clashes between police forces of the states leading to loss of lives.
Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu and Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma signed the MoU in New Delhi infront of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Talking to media persons, Amit Shah said, “Today we all have witnessed a historic moment in the northeast when the border dispute between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, pending since decades, has been resolved.”
“This border dispute should have ended immediately after Independence, but it has now been resolved under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” he stressed.
