2 weeks after clash, goods vehicles back on Assam-Mizoram highway prokerala.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from prokerala.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Updated Jul 29, 2021, 10:19 am IST
Assam also has ongoing border disputes with several of its neighbouring states including Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Meghalaya
Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma (PTI)
Guwahati: Amid the ongoing attempts by the Central government to resolve the border dispute between Assam and Mizoram, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday accused the Mizoram government of arming its civilians with weapons and ammunitions for two months.
Asserting it was for the first time that the Assam police has succeeded in retrieving its land encroached by Mizoram since November 2020, the chief minister told reporters a contingent of 300 security personnel led by IGP Anurag Agarwal had been deployed in all five disputed sectors of the Assam-Mizoram border.
Mizoram Accuses Assam of Economic Blockade ummid.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ummid.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The clash site near the Assam-Mizoram border on Tuesday
SILCHAR: Local residents staged a road blockade on National Highway 306 connecting Silchar with Aizawl at Kabuganj on Tuesday in protest against the killing of five security personnel in an attack by Mizos at Lailapur near the Assam-Mizoram border on Monday.
Mizoram remained cut off because of the blockade, as the national highway is considered the lifeline of the northeastern state. The blockade, likely to continue throughout the night, will be turned into an indefinite one from Wednesday morning, the protesters said.
On Tuesday morning, residents came out on the streets and blocked the Silchar-Aizawl road at Kabuganj, about 20km from Silchar, demanding stern action against those involved in the attack. The protesters vociferously condemned the attack by Mizos and appealed to the government for necessary measures to ensure protection of Assam s land and safety of the people living along the inter-state border areas. They a
Assam-Mizoram border clash: bandh affects normal life in Barak Valley thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.