ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh and Assam have decided to maintain status quo on each side of the inter-state boundary till a logical conclusion is arrived at the decades-old border dispute between the two neighbouring states.
After the reported encroachment of Arunachal’s land by Assam forest officials along the inter-state boundary at Taraso circle under Papum Pare district, the district administrations of Papum Pare and Sonitpur of neighbouring Assam on Thursday agreed that there would be no further encroachments, official sources said on Friday.
Both the states agreed that there should be no further encroachment on both sides of the border and on recurrence of such events, action shall be initiated against the wrongdoers of each side by the respective district administration. (PTI)