Not an inch of Assam will be conceded by Mizoram, says CM Himanta Sarma
The Assam CM said during a press conference in Silchar that satellite images have shown that roads are being constructed and forests cleared for jhum cultivation which cannot be allowed.
Jul 27, 2021, 15:52 PM ISTAssam to move Supreme Court against alleged encroachment by Mizoram after bloody border clashes
The Chief Minister asserted that not an inch of Assam's land could be encroached by the neighbouring state. "People have sacrificed their lives but boundary has been protected which we will continue to do at any cost," he asserted.
Jul 27, 2021, 15:39 PM ISTAssam-Mizoram border conflict: How it escalated and what the Centre is doing to resolve it
The long-standing dispute has its origin in a notification of 1875 issued during the British era that differentiated Lushai Hills from the plains of Cachar, and another of 1933 that demarcates a boundary between Lushai Hills and Manipur.
Jul 27, 2021, 10:41 AM IST