NAMSAI, Aug 22: Following the historic Namsai Declaration signed on July 15 last, the Regional Committees formed by the Assam and Arunachal Pradesh governments to resolve the interstate border disputes began their joint field visits today.
The first meet was held today at Namsai between Tinsukia-Namsai district to hasten the process of resolving the Assam-Arunachal Boundary dispute. 
Joint inspection to areas identified as disputed were held by Chairmen of the Regional Committees of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh Atul Bora  and Chowna Mein respectively, along with MLAs Chau Zingnu Namchoom, Bolen Chetia, Jummum Ete Deori, Karikho Kri, Deputy Commissioners and Superintendent of Police of respective districts and other officials of the department.
Both the Chairmen asserted that the region had no significant area of dispute, however some deviation from constitutional boundary has been observed which can be resolved through dialogues considering the dispute resolving attitude manifested by all involved. 
Chowna Mein, Chairman Regional Committee, Arunachal Pradesh said visit along similar lines will be held in all the 12 disputed areas. Mein said he is positive that with the beginning of this action and through effective dialogues, number of disputed villages will further be minimised from 86 to a much lower number.
Atul Bora, Chairman Regional Committee Assam stated that strong political will of both the chief ministers have led to a successful out-of-court mechanism of dispute settlement and that he is hoping to dismiss the matter once and for all, for good.
Boundary pillar at Hemanta Tengapani Village in Assam, erected in 1984 by Survey of India was sighted.
Later, Deputy Chief Minister accompanied Assam Agriculture minister Atul Bora to Lohit district to resolve the border issue at Sunpura.
Respective regional committees will submit first tranche of their reports before September 15 this year.

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