Shillong: Officials of Assam and Meghalaya will meet tomorrow to discuss the long-standing boundary dispute between the two states. Led by their respective chief secretaries, the officials will meet at Byrnihat along the boundary between the two states. T
he meeting will also be attended by officials from the Revenue Departments and Survey of India. Official sources said both sides would try to establish their claims over the areas of difference along the boundary. Representatives from Meghalaya are expected to raise the recent reports of fresh encroachment by Assam.
The Chief Ministers of both the states had met in June and constituted a coordination committee to study the differences and resolve the dispute. The committee, headed by the chief secretaries of both the states, was told to submit its report within six months. The progress made by the committee would also be reviewed during tomorrow's talks. There are 12 areas of difference between the two states.
