Security to be beefed up along inter-state borders in NE

Guwahati/Aizawl/Silchar (Assam), Nov 18 : In wake of troubles on their inter-state borders, Assam and its neighbouring states have decided to further intensify vigil in these areas, officials said on Wednesday.
Officials in Guwahati and Kohima said that the Deputy Commissioners of the districts along the inter-state borders would keep a close touch and hold meetings at regular intervals to sort out the irritants and disputes.
Different local organisations, led by the Karbi Students Association (KSA), had on Tuesday begun an indefinite economic blockade on the highway to Nagaland in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district over “encroachments of forest lands” by the neighbouring state.
However, the blockade was withdrawn on Tuesday night after the Deputy Commissioners of Dimapur and Karbi Anglong Districts, along with Dimapur Police Commissioner, held a marathon meeting and resolved to take appropriate steps on the encroachments of Daldali forest reserve under Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) in Assam.
The Assam-Nagaland inter-state border row came on the heels of over a month-long serious dispute including road blockade between Assam and Mizoram and few weeks long border troubles between Tripura and Mizoram.
With the intervention of the Central government, Central para-military troopers were deployed along the Assam-Mizoram inter-state borders to prevent fresh troubles.