Shillong Mar 25 PTI The Ministry for Home Affairs MHA has fixed March 29 to finalise the border agreement signed between Assam and Meghalaya in January to settle the dispute in six of the 12 areas of difference an official said on Friday Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma and his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma along with senior officials of the two North-eastern neighbours were asked to be in the national capital for the meeting We have received a formal communication from the MHA about the meeting on finalising the border agreement on March 29 in New Delhi The CMs and border committee officials of both states have been asked to be prepared for the tripartite meeting an official of the Meghalaya Chief Ministers Office here told PTI The meeting was earlier scheduled to be held on March 27 but it was postponed by two days The chief ministers of Meghalaya and Assam signed a memorandum of understanding at Guwahati on January 29 to resolve the boundary dispute in six locations Tarabari Gizang Hahim Boklapara Khanapara-Pillangkata and Ratacherra in the first phase It was then sent to the MHA for examination Meghalaya was carved out of Assam as a separate state in 1972 and it had challenged the Assam Reorganisation Act 1971 leading to disputes related to 12 areas in different parts of the shared 8849 km long border The boundary between the two states has witnessed flare-ups several times In one such incident in 2010 four persons were killed in police firing at Langpih one of the 12 areas of difference PTI JOP NN NN

Guwahati (Assam) [India], January 18 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that efforts to resolve the Assam-Meghalaya border row have started bearing fruits as six of the 12 areas of difference have been identified for resolution in the first phase.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], January 18 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma held a meeting with representatives of all political parties on the Assam-Meghalaya border issue at State Guest House, Koinadhara on Tuesday.