Meet to discuss inter-state border issues held in Papum Pare district of Arunachal Pradesh
A meeting was held on Tuesday at Yupia, in the Papum Pare district of Arunachal Pradesh, to discuss the issues of long-pending inter-state border issues.
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ITANAGAR: A meeting was held on Tuesday at Yupia, in the Papum Pare district of Arunachal Pradesh, to discuss the issues of long-pending inter-state border issues. The meeting was conducted under the initiative of the Papum Pare District Border People's Forum Committee (PPDBPFC) to interact with the newly posted circle officers of Gumto, Kakoi, Kimin, and Tarasso and to apprise them of the issues related to the inter-state border with Assam. The Border Affairs department's assistant director, Rome Mele, presented a PowerPoint on border issues and the regional committee reports.
Papum Pare, DC Jiken Bomjen, while addressing the forum, urged the participants to work in tandem with the border peace committees constituted for the sub-divisions, circles, and villages for coordinated border management. SP Taru Gusar, while sharing his experiences on border issues, urged the members of the forum to facilitate the maintenance of peace and also maintain the status quo on the Interstate border given the upcoming general elections. "So far, no fresh cases of encroachment have taken place," the SP informed. However, the border peace committees should inform the administration if any such case comes to notice immediately, he said.
Banderdewa divisional forest officer T T Topu, while participating in the discussions, informed that 'the interstate borders under his jurisdictions fall under the reserve forest area and that the forest department envisages protection of forest and wildlife and has accordingly increased patrolling in the area. PPDBPFC president Nabam Akin highlighted various border issues during the meeting. Informing about the recent incident wherein the survey team from Assam visited Bogoli and collected soil samples without the knowledge of the Papum Pare district administration, Nabam added that such incidents should not happen again. He also urged the administration to settle the boundary issues as soon as possible.
Referring to the boundary meeting of 1979, wherein Assam and Arunachal Pradesh had agreed to share information on activities in and around the border areas, with G Bordoloi and P K Thungon, the then chief ministers of Assam and Arunachal, as signatories, Nabam urged both counterparts to abide by the agreement to maintain peace. The meeting resolved that both Assam and Arunachal Pradesh should maintain the status quo and encourage peace committee initiatives at the block and circle levels.
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