Silchar: Movement of trucks carrying supplies from Assam Mizoram It resumed late on Saturday when two Assam ministers persuaded local protesters to pass them, ending an informal economic blockade since the border firing on July 26 that left the hill state lacking essential commodities. was struggling with.
While the movement of trucks from Assam’s Cachar district via NH-306 resumed after 13 days, vehicles started moving from NH-6 towards Mizoram on Sunday night.
Minister Ashok Singhal, who was part of the first round of reconciliation talks in Aizawl, said the trucks started moving after assurances from the Mizoram government that they would investigate the firing in which six Assam policemen were killed and several injured.
Protesters in Barak Valley on Saturday ransacked 12 trucks at Lailapur as they headed towards Mizoram. They agreed to end the blockade after Singhal and his associate Parimal Shuklabaidya intervened.
Suklabaidya on Sunday said there has been no encroachment on Assam’s territory by Mizoram since the BJP-led government assumed power in 2016. “The border dispute with Mizoram has been going on since 1982 as there is no clear demarcation of the border.”
While the movement of trucks from Assam’s Cachar district via NH-306 resumed after 13 days, vehicles started moving from NH-6 towards Mizoram on Sunday night.
Minister Ashok Singhal, who was part of the first round of reconciliation talks in Aizawl, said the trucks started moving after assurances from the Mizoram government that they would investigate the firing in which six Assam policemen were killed and several injured.
Protesters in Barak Valley on Saturday ransacked 12 trucks at Lailapur as they headed towards Mizoram. They agreed to end the blockade after Singhal and his associate Parimal Shuklabaidya intervened.
Suklabaidya on Sunday said there has been no encroachment on Assam’s territory by Mizoram since the BJP-led government assumed power in 2016. “The border dispute with Mizoram has been going on since 1982 as there is no clear demarcation of the border.”
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