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Assam, Meghalaya CMs To Discuss Border Disputes

Himanta Biswa Sarma and Conrad Sangma, the Meghalaya chief minister, are scheduled to meet on Wednesday for further talks on resolving border disputes.

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad Sangma are scheduled to meet on Wednesday to hold further discussions on resolving border disputes between the two states in six remaining areas.
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The chief ministers of both states are also likely to visit the disputed areas later as a goodwill gesture, officials said.
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Meghalaya was carved out of Assam as a separate state in 1972 and it challenged the Assam Reorganisation Act, of 1971, leading to disputes in 12 areas of the 884.9 km long border between the two states.
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Sarma on assuming the Chief Minister's office in May 2021 had announced that his priority was to resolve long-standing boundary disputes with neighbouring states.바카라 웹사이트
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Subsequently, three regional Committees were set up in August 2021 to resolve the issues in a phased manner.
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The regional committees submitted their recommendations which were handed over to Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi by the two chief ministers, followed by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on March 29, 2022, to resolve disputes in six of the 12 areas.바카라 웹사이트
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According to the agreement, 36.79 sq km of disputed area was taken up for settlement in the first phase with Assam getting full control of 바카라 웹사이트18.51 sq km and 바카라 웹사이트Meghalaya over 18.28 sq km of land.

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