- विज्ञापन -
Guwahati (Assam): The Assam government informed the state assembly on Wednesday that approximately 83,000 hectares of land in Assam have been encroached upon by four neighboring states.
In response to a query from Congress MLA Rekibuddin Ahmed, Assam’s Border Protection and Development Minister Atul Bora revealed that 82,751.86 hectares across 17 districts of Assam have been encroached by Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, and Meghalaya.
The data provided by the state government showed that Nagaland has encroached upon 59,490.21 hectares, Arunachal Pradesh 16,144.01 hectares, Mizoram 3,675.78 hectares, and Meghalaya 3,441.86 hectares.
The affected districts in Assam include Golaghat, Sivasagar, Jorhat, Charaideo, Sonitpur, Biswanath, Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Cachar, Kamrup, West Karbi Anglong, South Salmara Mankachar, Karimganj (now Sribhumi), and Hailakandi.
Minister Atul Bora also mentioned that discussions are ongoing at the government level with the neighboring states to address the border disputes.
Assam and Meghalaya have already resolved disputes in six of the 12 sectors along their 884.9 km boundary, following a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on March 29, 2022, in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Similarly, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh formed 12 regional committees to visit the border areas, engage with local communities, and work toward resolving their disputes. An MoU signed between the two states on April 20, 2023, in New Delhi, helped resolve 71 of the 123 villages in dispute, with timelines set to finalize the boundaries for the remaining villages. Ongoing discussions are being held to resolve the border issues with Mizoram, Bora added.
