Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, March 29: The governments of Assam and Meghalaya are expected to sign an agreement in the national capital to resolve a 50-year-old boundary dispute on Tuesday evening.
The agreement would be signed by the Chief Ministers of Assam and Meghalaya in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the MHA office at around 3.30 p.m., said officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
In the presence of the chief secretaries of states, as well as other officials from these states and MHA officials, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad K Sangma, will sign the agreement.
Notably, a last round of talks with the MHA is expected before the actual Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Assam and Meghalaya is inked.
On January 31, the Chief Ministers of Assam and Meghalaya presented a draught resolution to Union Home Minister Amit Shah for inspection and consideration by the MHA. The administrations of Assam and Meghalaya have drafted a resolution to settle their border disputes in six of the 12 areas of disagreement along the 884-kilometer frontier.
According to the recommended suggestions, Assam will keep 18.51 square kilometres and give the remaining 18.28 square kilometres to Meghalaya.
