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Assam-Mizoram Boundary Dispute - Coggle Diagram
Assam-Mizoram Boundary Dispute
What is the dispute?
Mizoram claims to settle as per Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation Act, 1873
Mizoram says Assam has been pushing its people 10-12 km inside their territory.
Ambush between Assam and Mizo Police led to 5 casualties
Reasons behind
Failure of the constitutional machinery
Economic competition for land, engendered by a lack of non-farm jobs
Proliferation of political conversations that target migrants and “outsiders”
Transportation of illegal drugs that travel via Mizoram to Assam
Fault lines created by Britishers in boundary demarcation
Implications of Violent conflict
Increases Hatred in masses
Raises Chinese eyebrows
Augments Trust Deficit
Domino Effect over other NE region
Blow to federalism
Steps taken to solve the dispute
Appointment of a Supreme Court led commission for mediation
Mediation by Union home secretary in mid-July 2021
Agreement for no-man’s land in the border
Way Forward
Reviving Zonal councils
Reviving the Inter-state council for such disputes
Imbibe the ethos of cooperative federalism
Satellite mapping of the actual border locations