Fresh encroachment incident along Assam-Mizoram border
First Published: 13th April, 2018 13:52 IST
An uneasy calm still prevails along the Assam-Mizoram border in Karimganj following a fresh incident of encroachment. This time Assam government officials have disclosed that 347 hectares of land have
An uneasy calm still prevails along the Assam-Mizoram border in Karimganj following a fresh incident of encroachment. This time Assam government officials have disclosed that 347 hectares of land have been encroached by people from other side of the border.
Besides, it has also been learnt that the Mizo Students Union have erected signboards in lands under the boundary of Assam. Earlier on Thursday, a joint committee constituted by Assam and Mizoram under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) began the exercise to identify illegal structures along a disputed stretch of the 164.6 km border between the two states today.
The border area has been tense since March when members of the Mizo Zirlai Pawl, a students’ union attempted to construct a resting shed on a disputed spot it claimed was donated by the widow of Mizoram’s first Chief Minister Ch. Chhunga. Several students and eight Mizoram journalists, including two women, were injured in the resulting stand-off with the Assam Police.
The district administration had informed that identification of illegal structures will be done within the 509 sq mile Inner-Line Reserve Forest straddling the boundary. The MHA had set April 30 as the deadline to identify all illegal structures along the border.
COMMENTS
TOPMOST STORY NOW
Live Assam: Jorhat BJP MP Tapan Kumar Gogoi fractures leg
22nd February 2024Live Santosh Trophy: Arunachal Pradesh holds Goa to a 3-3 draw
22nd February 2024Live Sikkim: Mi17 helicopters to boost tourism in state
22nd February 2024Live Sikkim: Mi17 helicopters to be introduced for setting new standards of toursim
22nd February 2024WE RECOMMEND
Assam: Jorhat BJP MP Tapan Kumar Gogoi fractures leg
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has wished the Jorhat Lok Sabha MP a speedy recovery
22nd February 2024Arunachal Pradesh: No trace of 3 abducted coal miners even after 4 days
The coal miners were abducted by a heavily armed group of suspected militants from Ulfa (Independent) and NSCN (K-YA) from Finboro area in eastern Arunachal's Changlang district.
22nd February 2024Assam: Woman hacked to death on suspicion of practicing ‘witchcraft’ in Gossaigaon
The deceased woman has been identified as Maino Hasda, widow of late Mose Murmu
21st February 2024Assam Congress forms quick response team amid leadership exodus
The objective of this team will be to provide immediate input in urgent situations till the party comes up with a proper response/narrative / counter-narrative
21st February 2024Determined to resolve border issue: Meghalaya CM in Assembly
CM Conrad Sangma said that successive governments have always maintained the status quo on the inter-state boundary issues
21st February 2024