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(L-R) BPCC secretary Manoj Choudhury, executive member from Assam Amal Mili, president BP Bora, scholar Antora Bora, vice president Imsu Jamir, scholar Ridhi Baruah, executive members from Nagaland Tiakaba Aier and N Likok Pongen during a coordination meeting on March 12.[/caption]
Dimapur, March 12 (EMN): A meeting of the Border Peace Coordination Committee (BPCC-AN) was held at the residence of its president BP Bora at Darakial Gaon, Nakachari, in Jorhat district on March 12. The meeting discussed issues about disseminating information that would help in bringing about peaceful coexistence among the peoples living along the Assam-Nagaland border areas, it was informed.
In the meeting, the members observed that the root causes of conflicts in the area merely case of law and order problems such as road accidents in Assam involving vehicles belonging to Nagaland, lifting of cattle by culprits from Nagaland side, destruction of tea plantation in the in the foothills allegedly by miscreants from Nagaland side, unreported/unrecorded tales of extortion on the Assamese villagers etc.
BPCC (A-N) was fortunate to rope in a renowned research scholar Ms Antora Borah, who has been working on the Assam-Nagaland border conflict. It was understood that she has already covered the entire Merapani sector of the Assam-Nagaland border areas and now trying to evaluate the remaining portion of the bordering area thus interconnecting the common/uncommon causes of the human habitat in these border belts. She is currently doing a paper on the theme “Assam- Nagaland border conflict - Study of an emergent collectivity” from Delhi College of Economics.
Members were of the opinion that the concerned authorities on both sides of the border should put a strong mechanism to sensitise and educate the public especially the civil societies on the nature of incidents. They felt that any petty crimes or road accidents were used as a strong tool leading to a case of border conflicts which should not be encouraged.
This was stated in a joint statement issued by BPCC (AN) president BP Bora and the vice president Imsu Jamir.
