Talks on Mizoram-Assam border dispute

Aizawl, March 19: Talks on the border dispute between Mizoram’s Kolasib district and Hailakandi district of Assam would be held at the border village of Phaisen tomorrow.

Sub-Divisional Officer (Civil) of Vairengte and his Hailakandi counterpart would also conduct joint verification at the disputed site tomorrow, Additional Superintendent of Police of Kolasib Lalthafamkima said today.

The border dispute ignited again after a farmer, while constructing an irrigation canal with funds received from the Centre through the Mizoram Agriculture and Minor Irrigation department, was reportedly assaulted by Assam Forest Department officials, two weeks back.

Mizoram government deployed a platoon of the first Indian Reserve battalion at Phaisen yesterday with orders to open fire if Assam police personnel started to shoot.

“There is no immediate sign of armed confrontation between the policemen of the two states even as the Assam government deployed a platoon of its armed police at Dolchhora, about three kilometres from Phaisen village,” Lalthafamkima said.

The border dispute stemmed from the disagreement on the notifications issued under the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulations, 1873 and the clarification of Innerline Reserved Forest on the border areas between the two states.

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