Mizoram encroached upon border forest since 1980: Assam report
The Hindu
Forest Dept. report refers to State-sponsored intrusions along a 1933 British-demarcated reserve forest demarcating the inter-State boundary
The government and people of Mizoram have been encroaching upon land in Assam along the 164.6 km interstate boundary since 1980, an Assam Forest Department report has alleged.
At the heart of the land conflict between the two northeastern States is the 1,318 sq. km Inner-Line Reserve Forest along the boundary. The conflict most recently , a fortnight after the report was prepared by the department’s Southern Assam Circle headquartered in Silchar.
The Hindu has a copy of the report submitted to the Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Territorial).
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