Mizoramhas vowed to protect its boundary from alleged aggression from Assam, even as Assam chief minister Himanta BiswaSarmainformed the AssamAssembly that since 2016, there have been more than 40 encroachment incidents from the Mizoram side.
Destruction of individual properties by Assam officials was illegal and we demand that the Assam government should pay adequate compensation to the owner of the land and crops.
Mizoram over 160km border with Assam and the border dispute continued to simmer during district council years, when Mizoram was a Union Territory and also after being a full-fledged state.
The bordering areas of Cachar remain the bone of contention in the ongoing tussle between Assam and Mizoram. As many as 16 incidents were reported in Hailakandi district, one in Karimganj.