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Time of India
5 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Mizoram HM: Tripura withdrew personnel from Thaidawr Hill
Aizawl: Mizoram home minister K Sapdanga on Thursday said Tripura had withdrawn its State Rifles (TSR) personnel from Thaidawr Hill at the disputed Phuldungsei village, besides ceasing construction work of a forest rest house, after the state DGP held talks with his Tripura counterpart. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Sapdanga said the discussion was held on Tuesday, following which the Tripura govt withdrew their TSR personnel. "Mizoram DGP has informed his Tripura counterpart that if they continue deployment of the TSR at the disputed site, Mizoram will have no choice, but to deploy armed police in the area, which may heighten tension," he said. He said the police check gates had also been dismantled. Sapdanga further said Mamit deputy commissioner had spoken to North Tripura district deputy commissioner and had emphasised on maintenance of a status quo along the disputed border areas, besides urging his North Tripura district counterpart to discontinue construction of the govt rest house at Thaidawr Hill. Earlier, on May 28, a low intensity blast had damaged the under construction guest house, which was being constructed by the Tripura govt at a cost of Rs 3 crore, leading to heightened tension along the border. The home minister said he also had instructed state chief secretary Khilli Ram Meena to speak to his Tripura counterpart about the issue in order to ease the situation.
Time of India
02-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Mizroam to boost online ILP as Bairabi-Sairang line nears completion
Aizawl: A meeting chaired by Mizoram CM Lalduhoma on Monday discussed about streamlining of online Inner Line Permit (ILP) mechanism and raising of railway police to man six proposed railway stations in the state as the Bairabi-Sairang 51.38km railway project is expected to be commissioned by July. The meeting reviewed the new ILP guidelines and suggestions for additional provisions as well as operating online ILP Phase-2 and crackdown on the non-tribals who overstay the period of their ILPs. The issue of raising railway police was also deliberated in the meeting. It was reported in the meeting that the state department of personnel & administrative reforms (DP&AR) had approved raising the railway police and creation of posts for the purpose. Home minister K Sapdanga told TOI that initiatives have been taken encouraging the youths of the state to join the Railway Protection Force (RPF) or the Govt Railway Police (GRP) so that they can be deployed at the railway stations in the state.
Hindustan Times
24-04-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Mizoram-Assam border talks on Friday
Aizawl, A seven-member Mizoram delegation led by state Home secretary Vanlalmawia left for Guwahati on Thursday to engage in official-level discussion with Assam to resolve the long-standing boundary dispute between the two Northeastern states, an official said. The official-level talks will be held at 11 am on Friday, the official said. Friday's talk is expected to focus on issues in which both states are yet to reach a consensus, technicalities and the nitty-gritty of the border issue, which are not possible to be discussed at length at the ministerial-level talks, he said. The official-level discussion may also focus on preparing and finalising the groundwork and modalities for the next round of ministerial-level talks, he said. The official said that the next round of ministerial-level talks might be held depending on the outcome of Friday's official-level discussion. He, however, said that further official-level discussion may be required to be convened before the next ministerial-level talks. Earlier on April 16, Mizoram Home minister K Sapdanga chaired a meeting of state boundary committee to review the state's stance and necessary documents to be presented at the official-level talks. He told the meeting that the Mizoram government's top priority is to ensure that the state's border is secure so that people can live in peace. Sapdanga had also said that massive efforts are being made to ensure that Mizoram does not lose its territory. Three Mizoram districts - Aizawl, Kolasib and Mamit - share a 164.6 km long border with Assam's Cachar, Sribhumi and Hailakandi districts. The decades-old border dispute mainly stemmed from two conflicting colonial-era demarcations - one from 1875 under the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation and another from 1933. Mizoram claims that 509 square miles of areas of the Inner Line Reserved Forest delineated in 1875 under the BEFR as its legitimate area or boundary. Assam asserts the border defined by a 1933 map prepared by the Survey of India in 1933 as its constitutional boundary. As a result, both states lay claim to overlapping areas, with no ground demarcation conducted till date. The dispute escalated into violence on several occasions and a clash between police forces of both states near Mizoram's Vairengte village on July 26, 2021 resulted in seven fatalities and numerous injuries. Between August 2021 and August 2024, the two Northeastern states have held four rounds of ministerial-level talks, besides negotiations and virtual meetings at the official level to resolve the decades-old border dispute. Chief ministers of both states had also met and discussed border issue on at least three occasions during the same period.
