After Meghalaya was carved out of Assam in 1971, the two states locked horns over the demarcation of boundaries. The agreement signed between chief ministers of Assam and Meghalaya, Himanta Biswa Sarma and Conrad Sangma, aims to iron out the differences
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March 29, 2022 19:01:39 IST
An agreement was signed between Assam and Meghalaya on 29 March to resolve border disputes in six out of 12 locations. PTI
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad Sangma on Tuesday signed an agreement to resolve the 50-year-old boundary dispute between the two northeastern states.
The agreement was signed in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, other officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs, and the chief secretaries of both states.
Shah tweeted a ‘live’ video of the signing, calling it a “historic day for the North-east”.