The Assam and Arunachal Pradesh governments on Monday decided to form an inter-state committee to address the border issues between the two neighbours.
The committee, comprising deputy commissioners, superintendents of police and district forest officers of the bordering districts of the two states will resolve the border disputes in their areas at the district level, an official statement said.
During a meeting at the chief secretary level between the two neighbours, the states agreed to maintain peace and status quo along the inter-state border to prevent unscrupulous elements from taking advantage of the border disputes.
The two top officials of the state also agreed to conduct inter-state coordination meetings regularly to resolve the issue amicably.
In addition, the two sides decided to work together on issues like drug trafficking and the movement of extremists and also address the issues of cases pending against government officials over border disputes.
The Assam side comprised of Chief Secretary Sanjay Kumar Krishna, Additional Chief Secretary Jishnu Barua (Home and Political and Border Protection & Development), DGP Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, and SDGP (Border) Mukesh Agarwal among others.
While the Arunachal delegation comprised of Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar, Home Commissioner Kaling Tayeng, DGP R P Upadhyaya, and IGP (Law and Order) Chukhu Apa among others.