Assam, Meghalaya sign agreement to resolve border dispute

Assam and Meghalaya on Tuesday signed an agreement to resolve their five-decade-old border dispute in six of the 12 locations, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah calling it a “historic day” for the Northeast.

The agreement was signed in the presence of Mr. Shah and Chief Ministers of Assam and Meghalaya Himanta Biswa Sarma and Conrad Sangma respectively.

The pact will resolve the protracted dispute in six of the 12 places along the 884.9 km border between the two states.

“It is a historic day for the Northeast,” Shah said at the function held at the Ministry of Home Affairs here.

The Home Minister said with the signing of the agreement, 70% of the border dispute between the two states has been resolved.