{"id":59987,"date":"2013-06-12T22:19:11","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T02:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kanglaonline.com\/?p=49315"},"modified":"2013-06-12T22:19:11","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T02:19:11","slug":"%e2%80%9cassam-nagaland-interim-border-agreement-sh%ef%bb%bf%ef%bb%bfould-be-immediately-reviewed%e2%80%9d-dr-tm-lot%ef%bb%bfha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2013\/06\/12\/%e2%80%9cassam-nagaland-interim-border-agreement-sh%ef%bb%bf%ef%bb%bfould-be-immediately-reviewed%e2%80%9d-dr-tm-lot%ef%bb%bfha\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAssam-Nagaland Interim Border Agreement sh??ould be immediately reviewed\u201d: Dr TM Lot?ha"},"content":{"rendered":"

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KOHIMA, Jun 12 (NEPS): Former Minister and leader of Nationalist Congress Party (NPC), Nagaland, Dr TM Lotha, MLA, termed the 1972 Assam-Nagaland Interim Border Agreement as \u201cdefective and one-sided\u201d and said it should be immediately reviewed.<\/p>\n

Talking to NEPS here on Wednesday, the former Minister in the DAN-I, who was closely monitoring, besides so vocal on the Assam-Nagaland border issue since long time back, said the 1972 Interim Border Agreement which was again reviewed in 1979, should be further immediately reviewed because \u201cit is defective and one-sided favoring Assam.\u201d<\/p>\n

Citing instances to substantiate his charges, Dr Lotha said as per the 1972 Interim Border Agreement, the 7 reserved forests along the border should be looked after by Assam Forest Department. Unfortunately, instead of taking care of the said 7 reserved forests, almost all the reserved forest areas had disappeared over the years and over 130 villages came up inside these reserved forest areas with CGI sheets provided by the Assam Government. Then according to the agreement, the border areas within the Disputed Area Belt (DAB) should be under the security maintenance of the \u201cneutral forces\u201d under the command of an IG of Assam Police. \u201cSo it nothing but an extension of Assam police,\u201d Dr Lotha said and further argued that the very purpose of placing the DAB under neutral forces was defeated.to
\nAgain as per the agreement, all the police stations and outposts should be withdrawn from the DAB areas, Nagaland obliged to whereas Assam did not. As such the Nagas living in the border areas had been extensively suffering over the years. \u201cBecause any person arrested in the border areas should be handed over to the nearest police stations within 24 hours and since we don\u2019t have any police station in the border areas, any Naga arrested had to be taken to Assam police stations and for which their families had to experience unusual hardships in bailing them out,\u201d Dr Lotha narrated. \u201cBecause of all these factors, I termed the agreement as defective and one-sided favoring Assam and as such it needs immediate reviewing,\u201d he said.
\nDr Lotha also recalled how a team of 10 MLAs led by him during the DAN-I Ministry was trying to ease the frequent border problems facing the Nagas along the entire border with Assam. \u201cA team of 10 MLAs led by me wrote a letter to Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio for the urgency to construct the foothill road under the funding of the Asian Development Bank (ADB),\u201d he said. \u201cThe Chief Minister also agreed to our proposal.\u201d<\/p>\n

He further disclosed that even DPR was prepared and it was sent to ADB. They had also given them green signal. Regrettably, after this positive development, nothing was pursued and the matter was kept in cold storage, he pointed out.
\nDr Lotha reiterated the importance of the construction of the \u201cfoothill road\u201d on two counts. \u201cOne, whenever there were any type of bandhs or agitations or strikes in Assam side, the Nagas mainly living along the border can travel without passing Assam. Two, it will be economical as the road is much shorter than the one we take it through Assam,\u201d the NCP MLA explained.<\/p>\n

Dr Lotha also revealed that in 2006, he had a thorough discussion with the Chief Minister that there were fund of about Rs 2 and \u00bd crore for the construction of Doyang Bridge near Governor\u2019s Camp. \u201cIn fact, it was reflected in the works program and even a tender was floated,\u201d he said. \u201cBut regrettably, work order was never issued and as such no bridge is still over Doyang River in this particular area.\u201d \u201cThe foothill road will have to cross the Doyang River near the Governor\u2019s Camp,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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KOHIMA, Jun 12 (NEPS): Former Minister and leader of Nationalist Congress Party (NPC), Nagaland, Dr TM Lotha, MLA, termed the 1972 Assam-Nagaland Interim Border Agreement as \u201cdefective and one-sided\u201d and said it should be immediately reviewed. Talking to NEPS here … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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