Guwahati/Shillong: Assam and Meghalaya The cabinet on Wednesday approved the disputed land division formula to resolve the 50-year-old inter-state border dispute at six out of 12 points, paving the way for the two chief ministers to present the decision before the Union home minister. . Amit Shah on Thursday.
The six areas of disputes taken up to be resolved in the first phase cover an area of approximately 36.8-sq km, of which 18.51 sq km is proposed under Assam and the remaining 18.28 sq km under Meghalaya.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma Said, “Based on the recommendations of three regional committees and agreed upon in the CM level meeting on six disputed areas was approved by the cabinet for resolution of the border dispute. Yesterday, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma And I will convey my decision to Home Minister Amit Shah and urge the Government of India to take the next step to constitutionally resolve the border dispute.”
The resolution of differences in six of the 12 regions along the Assam-Meghalaya border is expected to be reached by January 21, when Meghalaya celebrates its 50th year of statehood.
In Shillong after Meghalaya cabinet meeting sangma Said, “Since both the states agree 100% on the report, we will submit more or less a general report to the Union Home Minister and then I think the Government of India will have to go ahead with the laws and the Bill. To be a candidate.”
He said, “While this happens, administratively both the states will discuss the finer nuances of demarcation. So, we can agree on villages but the determination of a boundary, these are aspects that are within the provisions of Parliament. Indian Survey has to come and joint inspection may have to be done and billed.”
Like Assam, the Meghalaya cabinet also approved the proposal or recommendations made by the three regional committees.
“We have also seen ethnicity as a very important thing. Both the state governments have felt strongly that any state government can try to lay claim to certain areas, but if the people living in those areas are in that particular state. If you don’t want to live in the state, then one cannot force people to come to a particular state,” Sangma said. “We have gone to the grassroots level and the committees have carefully visited all the 36 villages which were disputed in six areas,” he said.
Asked whether amendments to the Northeast Reorganization Act would be required, Sangma said, “We may have administrative units and administrative control over some areas but the actual demarcation of boundaries will have to be done by Parliament.”
The six areas of disputes taken up to be resolved in the first phase cover an area of approximately 36.8-sq km, of which 18.51 sq km is proposed under Assam and the remaining 18.28 sq km under Meghalaya.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma Said, “Based on the recommendations of three regional committees and agreed upon in the CM level meeting on six disputed areas was approved by the cabinet for resolution of the border dispute. Yesterday, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma And I will convey my decision to Home Minister Amit Shah and urge the Government of India to take the next step to constitutionally resolve the border dispute.”
The resolution of differences in six of the 12 regions along the Assam-Meghalaya border is expected to be reached by January 21, when Meghalaya celebrates its 50th year of statehood.
In Shillong after Meghalaya cabinet meeting sangma Said, “Since both the states agree 100% on the report, we will submit more or less a general report to the Union Home Minister and then I think the Government of India will have to go ahead with the laws and the Bill. To be a candidate.”
He said, “While this happens, administratively both the states will discuss the finer nuances of demarcation. So, we can agree on villages but the determination of a boundary, these are aspects that are within the provisions of Parliament. Indian Survey has to come and joint inspection may have to be done and billed.”
Like Assam, the Meghalaya cabinet also approved the proposal or recommendations made by the three regional committees.
“We have also seen ethnicity as a very important thing. Both the state governments have felt strongly that any state government can try to lay claim to certain areas, but if the people living in those areas are in that particular state. If you don’t want to live in the state, then one cannot force people to come to a particular state,” Sangma said. “We have gone to the grassroots level and the committees have carefully visited all the 36 villages which were disputed in six areas,” he said.
Asked whether amendments to the Northeast Reorganization Act would be required, Sangma said, “We may have administrative units and administrative control over some areas but the actual demarcation of boundaries will have to be done by Parliament.”
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