Assam-Meghalaya border issue: High-level meeting between officials held

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Assam-Meghalaya border issue. Minister for Forest & Environment Chandra Mohan Patowary who is on a two-day visit to Cachar attended the meeting in presence of Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Sniawbhalang Dar.

The meeting was held at Umkiang in Meghalaya. Deputy commissioner of Cachar, Rohan Kumar Jha and East Jaintia Hills deputy commissioner Abhilash Barnawal, Police Superintendents of the two districts and officials of various departments were also present.

Representatives of various organisations of Meghalaya and local people were also present. The meeting was held in a congenial atmosphere on the border issue between Cachar and East Jaintia Hills districts of the two states.

Sharing the reaction, the Deputy Chief Minister of Meghalaya and the Forest Minister of Assam said both the governments of Assam and Meghalaya are very much keen to resolve the border issue between two districts of Assam and Meghalaya and the matter was discussed in detail at the meeting. The minister said that deputy commissioners of the two districts have been instructed to collect detailed reports.