Following a dialogue beneath joint management of Assam and Meghalaya chief ministers on June 2, border pillars are being constructed in six areas
After many years of impasse, a breakthrough got here in March 2022, when Assam and Meghalaya signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in New Delhi. (HT Photo)
The pillars are being constructed alongside the riverbanks of Gijang and Tirchang—passing by means of villages corresponding to Umshek (Mathapota), Maspara, Malapara, Ranighar, Salpara, Thutia Bazaar close to Hahim market, and eventually to Rangsapara after Athiabari, which belongs to Meghalaya. This follows a dialogue beneath the joint management of Assam and Meghalaya chief ministers Himanta Biswa Sarma and Conrad Okay. Sangma, respectively, on June 2.
Over the years, the 2 states have held 32 rounds of official conferences, making an attempt to resolve 12 areas of distinction spanning over 2,700 sq km. After many years of impasse, a breakthrough got here in March 2022, when Assam and Meghalaya signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in New Delhi within the presence of union house minister Amit Shah, resolving six of the 12 disputed sectors.
During the second spherical of talks held this month, each CMs agreed to start erecting border pillars within the six resolved sectors — Tarabari, Gizang, Hahim, Boklapara, Khanapara-Pilangkata, and Ratacherra — by August 15, 2025.
“This isn’t just a concrete pillar; it’s an emblem of peace, readability and a greater future for border communities. We are dedicated to finishing this part nicely earlier than Independence Day, as per the dedication of each chief ministers,” a senior official from the survey staff stated.
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An official, requesting anonymity, stated that area items from each the states will quickly begin parallel constructions within the Gijang-adjacent areas.
“For many years, we lived with confusion—of belonging to 2 states without delay. Today, we witness historical past being written in stone,” an aged resident from Rangthali village stated.
However, the six unresolved areas — Block I, Block II, Langpih, Deshdoomreah, Khanduli, and Nongwah-Mawtamur—stay flashpoints, significantly as a result of ethnic sensitivities, historic claims, and lack of ground-level enforcement after the border between the 2 states was demarcated beneath the Assam Reorganisation Act, 1971.
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