Guwahati: A joint meeting of Assam and Meghalaya officials resolved to hold peace in border villages of West Karbi Anglong district of Assam and West Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya.
The meeting resolved that the entry tax gate be set up by Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) at Khanduli to be allowed by both sides.
The gate was burnt down by a group of miscreants from the Meghalaya side on April 17, 2023.
The meeting also decided that both the Assam and Meghalaya administrations would stop encroachment on forest land from the Meghalaya side.
It was resolved that Khasi people living on the Assam side would have to obtain a land document from KAAC authorities. Simultaneously, Karbi people living on the Meghalaya side would have to require land documents from the Meghalaya administration.
The meeting also decided to restrict the entry of people from the Meghalaya side into the forest land fisheries of the Assam side.
In addition to this, the meeting decided to allow all government development projects in the border areas, including the construction of roads from Baithalangso-Hamren to Khanduli under the Assam Mala project of the Assam government.
The meeting was attended by the border magistrate of West Karbi Anglong Alam Gir Laskar and border magistrate of West Jaintia Hills B Longbang, Hamren Police Station OC Amarjyoti Bailung, Socheng Amreng Development Committee president Augustine Hanse and the representatives of Karbi Students Association (KSA).