<p> Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Arunachal Pradesh counterpart Pema Khandu on Wednesday decided to form district-level committees to find a solution to the long disputes on the inter-state borders in a time-bound manner. </p>.<p>The two CMs along with ministers and senior officers from both sides met in Guwahati, wherein it was decided to form the committees. This was the second CM-level meeting.</p>.<p>"The 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, people’s will and administrative convenience of both the states," Sarma tweeted after the meeting.</p>.<p>The meeting comes weeks after Assam and Meghalaya governments signed an agreement (March 29) to end disputes in six out of 12 sites of contention on the inter-state borders.</p>.<p>However, the Centre would take the final call regarding the demarcation of the border between the two states. </p>.<p>Discussions to find a solution to the disputes in six other sites is on. </p>.<p>Sarma had earlier said that the Assam government wants to follow the same model to find a solution to the disputes regarding 122 villages (850 sqkm) on the borders with Arunachal Pradesh. The disputes are between 12 districts in Arunachal Pradesh and eight districts in Assam. </p>.<p>Assam has border disputes with Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya for more than 50 years. The process to end the border disputes gained a push after six Assam policemen were gunned down by their Mizoram counterparts in July last year on the inter-state border with Mizoram. </p>.<p>The petitions regarding Assam-Nagaland borders are pending in the Supreme Court while nothing significant has been achieved in finding a solution to a similar conflict with Mizoram yet.</p>.<p>Home Minister Amit Shah wants the disputes to end by 2024. </p>
<p> Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Arunachal Pradesh counterpart Pema Khandu on Wednesday decided to form district-level committees to find a solution to the long disputes on the inter-state borders in a time-bound manner. </p>.<p>The two CMs along with ministers and senior officers from both sides met in Guwahati, wherein it was decided to form the committees. This was the second CM-level meeting.</p>.<p>"The 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, people’s will and administrative convenience of both the states," Sarma tweeted after the meeting.</p>.<p>The meeting comes weeks after Assam and Meghalaya governments signed an agreement (March 29) to end disputes in six out of 12 sites of contention on the inter-state borders.</p>.<p>However, the Centre would take the final call regarding the demarcation of the border between the two states. </p>.<p>Discussions to find a solution to the disputes in six other sites is on. </p>.<p>Sarma had earlier said that the Assam government wants to follow the same model to find a solution to the disputes regarding 122 villages (850 sqkm) on the borders with Arunachal Pradesh. The disputes are between 12 districts in Arunachal Pradesh and eight districts in Assam. </p>.<p>Assam has border disputes with Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya for more than 50 years. The process to end the border disputes gained a push after six Assam policemen were gunned down by their Mizoram counterparts in July last year on the inter-state border with Mizoram. </p>.<p>The petitions regarding Assam-Nagaland borders are pending in the Supreme Court while nothing significant has been achieved in finding a solution to a similar conflict with Mizoram yet.</p>.<p>Home Minister Amit Shah wants the disputes to end by 2024. </p>
