Around 43,01,335.043 bighas of Assam's land is under encroachment: Govt

Assam’s Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Jogen Mohan said that 43,01,335.043 bigha, 4 katha and 1 lesa of Assam’s land is under encroachment.

In a written reply to the leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia’s question regarding land encroachment in Assam, he said Mizoram has encroached 18,242.33 bighas of Assam’s forest land while Arunachal Pradesh encroached 81,688.17 bigha, 2 katha and 16 lesas of land.

He added that Nagaland has encroached 1,43,649 bighas of land while Meghalaya has encroached 4,850.68 bighas of Assam’s forest and revenue land.


The minister added that as a whole 43,01,335.043 bigha, 4 katha and 1 lesa land in the state is encroached.

In July this year there were clashes along Assam-Mizoram border which resulted in the death of seven people and injuries to several others. The Union Home ministry had to intervene. Later Assam and Mizoram both the State Governments agree to maintain peace in the inter-State border areas.

The regional committees on the borders of Assam and Meghalaya will submit their reports to the respective governments by January 15 next year.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma and Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday had a meeting on border dispute.

Recently Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu met in New Delhi and discuss measures to settle border dispute.

Assam- Nagaland border both the sides agreed that the security personnel of both states will simultaneously move back from their present locations to their respective base camps.