Three districts of Mizoram — Aizawl, Kolasib and Mamit — share a 164.6-km-long border with Assam. On February 2023, Mizoram government has submitted its claim regarding the state boundary, including a list of villages, to Assam. The two states were in talks, after the border dispute in July 2021, to find a solution to the vexed issue.
The last Assam-Mizoram meeting held in Guwahati in November 2022. Both states decided that Mizoram would furnish the list of villages, their areas, geo-spatial extent, and ethnicity of the people and other relevant information within three months to support its claim. The resulting list will be examined by setting up regional committees by the two states to arrive at a solution.
Three rounds of talks have been held so far, between the two states to find a solution to the border dispute. Besides, three virtual minister-level meetings, and three rounds of meetings at the district administration level have been convened between the two states.
Underlining the measures taken by the state government, Lalchamliana said that a boundary committee involving all political parties and NGOs was set up in June 2021 to deal with the issue.
A study group has also been formed in February this year to study and collect relevant information in relation with the state border. The border dispute between Mizoram and Assam is a long-standing issue. Mizoram claims that 509 square miles area of the inner line reserved forest under the BEFR as its actual boundary. Assam regards the map prepared by the Survey of India in 1933 as its constitutional boundary.