Assam-Arunachal Border Row: Regional committees visit bordering areas, review ground situation, holds public meeting
Guwahati: A joint team of the Regional Committees of both the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh states visited Ran Ging Kan village in Changlang district of Arunachal Pradesh with an aim to resolve the long-standing border issue on Saturday.
The joint team of both governments led by Assam Border Protection and Development Minister Atul Bora and Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet Minister Kamlung Mossang Neog inspected the Namsang area and also organized a public meeting regarding Assam-Arunachal Border issues.
In the meeting, everyone was greeted and welcomed by the Namsai authorities/ localities.
“The state administration of Assam has agreed to resolve the border conflict by appropriate dialogue between the two states,” minister Atul Bora said.
“The most important step in coming to a peaceful agreement is communicating with the representatives. It is impossible to undermine the brotherhood and harmony that the two states have maintained throughout time”, Bora added.
“Assam & Arunachal Pradesh share age-old harmony & brotherhood. To further strengthen this bond, the historic Namsai Declaration was signed between the Hon’ble CMs of Assam & Arunachal Pradesh, Dr @himantabiswa and Shri @PemaKhanduBJP to resolve long pending border issues”, Bora tweeted.
“Together with members of Regional Committees & concerned officers of both states, visited disputed areas bordering Tinsukia & Changlang districts and interacted with locals. A meeting was held between the two regional committees with the aim of effectively resolving the issues,” Bora added in another tweet.
Meanwhile, the Tinsukia district shares a long boundary with Arunachal Pradesh and there are 36 villages under Margherita Sub-Division that are along the Assam-Arunachal Border and around 6 villages are disputed areas at present.
