Chief ministers of Nagaland and Assam are scheduled to meet in Delhi on August 2 to discuss the inter-state boundary issue. According to a report the proposed meeting takes place after Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi\u2019s invitation to Rio. <\/p>\n
The meeting will be held in Assam House in Delhi and would cover a range of issues relating to the boundary dispute between the two states. <\/p>\n
The report quoting Assam border areas development minister Siddique Ahmed, stated that all aspects of the boundary dispute would be discussed in the meeting. \u201cDiscussions will include differences over sectors A, B, C, D, E, F along the border and also the recent incident at Naginijan,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The Nagaland State Act of 1962 had defined its borders according to the 1925 notification when Naga Hills and Tuensang Area (NHTA) were integrated into a new administrative unit and made an autonomous area. <\/p>\n
Nagas, however, did not accept the boundary delineation and demanded that Nagaland should comprise the erstwhile Naga Hills and all Naga- dominated area in North Cachar and Nagaon districts, which were part of Naga territory according to the 1866 notification.<\/p>\n
The first border clashes between Assam and Nagaland took place in 1965 at Kakodonga Reserve Forest. Since then, violent clashes along the Assam-Nagaland border have become a regular feature, with major armed conflicts reported in 1968, 1979 and 1985.<\/p>\n
Bilateral negotiations and agreements had no affect on the disputes, particularly as the Disputed Border Areas(DABs) contain precious oil and natural gas.<\/p>\n
In 2005, the Supreme Court had instructed the Central government to constitute a boundary commission to settle various inter-state boundary problems in the Northeast.<\/p>\n
The Centre had earlier constituted two commissions, the Sundaram Commission (1971) and the Shastri Commission (1985), to settle the Assam-Nagaland border dispute. <\/p>\n
These commissions failed to resolve the matter as the concerned states did not accept their recommendations.<\/p>\n
The issue of inter-state border disputes came to the fore recently, when tensions erupted along the Assam-Meghalaya border following the Assam government\u2019s attempt to lay a foundation stone for a primary health sub-centre at Langpih, a border village claimed by both Assam and Meghalaya. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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