Guwahati Apr 20 PTI Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma met his Arunachal Pradesh counterpart Pema Khandu here on Wednesday and announced that the two Northeastern states will form district-level committees to resolve the longstanding border disputes in a time-bound mannerThis was the second chief ministerial-level meeting between the two states over the boundary issue Sarma said in a series of tweetsThe two northeastern neighbours had previously met over the issue on January 24 this year during which Arunachal Pradesh climbed down from its initial demand of transfer of 1119279 sq km land to 859 sq kmWe decided to form district-level committees in both the states to resolve the issue in a time-bound mannerThe district committees will undertake joint surveys in the disputed areas to find tangible solutions to the long-pending issue based on historical perspective ethnicity contiguity peoples will and administrative convenience of both the states the Assam chief minister saidThe terms of reference of the committees were also finalised at the meeting Sarma saidAssam Border Area Development Minister Atul Bora and chief secretaries and senior officials of both the states were present at the meetingAssam and Arunachal Pradesh share an 8041-km-long border and there are 1200 points of dispute along it Arunachal Pradesh has a grievance that the re-organisation of North Eastern states unilaterally transferred several forested tracts in the plains that had traditionally belonged to hill tribal chiefs and communities to AssamAfter Arunachal Pradesh achieved statehood in 1987 a tripartite committee was appointed which recommended that certain territories be transferred from Assam to Arunachal Assam contested this and the matter is before the Supreme CourtArunachal Pradesh was a centrally-administered region initially after Independence and became a Union Territory later before attaining full statehood in 1987Besides Arunachal Pradesh Assam also has boundary disputes with Meghalaya Nagaland and Mizoram and soon after assuming office in May last year Sarma has been making efforts to resolve these through negotiations PTI SSG MM MM

Guwahati Apr 20 PTI Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma met his Arunachal Pradesh counterpart Pema Khandu on Wednesday and announced that the two Northeastern states will form district-level committees to resolve the longstanding border disputes in a time-bound mannerThis was the second chief ministerial-level meeting between the two states over the boundary issue Sarma said in a series of tweetsWe decided to form district-level committees in both the states to resolve the issue in a time-bound manner he saidThe district committees will undertake joint surveys in the disputed areas to find tangible solutions to the long-pending issue based on historical perspective ethnicity contiguity peoples will and administrative convenience of both the states he addedThe terms of reference of the committees were also finalised in the meeting Sarma saidAssam Border Area Development Minister Atul Bora and chief secretaries and senior officials of both the states were present in the meetingAssam and Arunachal Pradesh share an 8041-km-long border and there are 1200 points of dispute along itArunachal Pradesh was a centrally-administered region initially after Independence and became a Union Territory later before attaining full statehood in 1987 PTI SSG SOM

Guwahati Jan 24 PTI Assam and Arunachal Pradesh on Monday decided to conduct ground level survey on the status of inter-state boundary as a step towards resolving the vexed border row Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said He held a meeting with his Arunachal Pradesh counterpart Pema Khandu here on Monday to discuss the issue Following the discussion Sarma wrote on Twitter Solving boundary issues with neighbours is our priority Assam and Arunachal Pradesh share a 8041 km-long border and there are 1200 points of disputes along it and the two states have decided to conduct ground level survey on boundary status Discussed with Honble CM of Arunachal Pradesh Sh PemaKhanduBJP who came all the way to Guwahati measures for permanent solution to the long-pending issue Sarma tweeted Arunachal Pradesh was a centrally administered region after Independence and became a union territory later before attaining full statehood in 1987 Sarma who has been taking the initiative to resolve Assams border disputes with its neighbours since assuming office in May last year had said at a press conference here on Sunday that the differences with Arunachal Pradesh will be solved in due course of time Assam and Meghalaya after several rounds of talks at different levels have submitted recommendations to Union Home Minister Amit Shah earlier this month for resolving the dispute in six out of total 12 areas of differences Sarma had held talks with Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio here on Sunday following which the latter told reporters at Kohima on Monday that the two states are ready for an out of court settlement of the long pending inter-state boundary dispute Rio said Nagaland and Assam delegations are likely to meet Shah in February to discuss and formulate how to go about the settlement Sarma had however said on Sunday that verdict of the Supreme Court which has been hearing the cases related to the inter-state dispute between Assam and Nagaland can be expected in two-three years and did not indicate any talk between the two states on out of court settlement Assam also has boundary issues with Mizoram though no talks have be held as yet to resolve it the chief minister had said PTI SSG KK KK KK