Itanagar: In a bid to resolve border standoff, the Arunachal Pradesh government has re-constituted six regional committees to examine the present status of boundary dispute with Assam.
A notification issued by the Home and inter-state border affairs department on Thursday said that the Terms of Reference (ToR) for the regional committees, as established, will continue to be governed by the provisions set forth in the original notification issued on June 1, 2022.
Pakke Kessang, Papum Pare, Kamle, Lower Siang, Lower Dibang Valley, and Longding districts are the six districts in Arunachal Pradesh where the border dispute with Assam remains unsettled.
The Arunachal government has appointed Health and Family Welfare Minister Biyuram Wahge as the chairman of the committee for Pakke Kessang district with the deputy commissioner and superintendent of police as members.
For Papum Pare district, Land Management Minister Balo Raja has been appointed as the chairman with Rajya Sabha MP Nabam Rebia, Doimukh MLA Nabam Vivek, Papum Pare DC and SP as members.
While Law, Legislative and Justice Minister Kento Jini has been appointed as the chairman for Lower Siang district, Commerce and Industries minister Nyato Dukam is the chairman of the Kamle district regional committee.
Rural Development minister Ojing Tasing and Agriculture Minister Gabriel D Wangsu have been appointed as chairman for Lower Dibang Valley and Longding district respectively, the notification said.
The chief ministers of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam signed an agreement on July 15, 2022, to end the decades-old border issue and decided to “restrict” the number of disputed villages to 86 instead of 123. It was called ‘Namsai Declaration’ after the name of the place where their meeting was held.
Notably, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh shares 804.1 km of inter-state boundary having 8 districts of Assam and 12 districts of Arunachal Pradesh.
