Aizwal / Silchar / Guwahati: Trucks from all countries rumbling in Mizoram on the disputed border with neighbor Assam Saturday night, about 12 days after the bloody clash between police forces from two countries.
The truck driver who had parked their truck in Dholy near the border tense and refused to move even after the informal blockade that was enforced by the locals had been appointed, began to move important supplies including medicines, diesel gases and cooking, after two ministers of Ashok Suklabaidya Ashok Singhal and Parimal on Saturday convinced them that it was safe to travel across the border to Mizoram.
Supervisors of the collathible from Police (SP) Vanlalfaka Ralte said more than 50 vehicles had entered Mizoram since Saturday night until Sunday morning.
“The traffic movement between two neighboring countries has been quite smooth …
However, we are still alert because of the unwanted incidents at any time,” Ralte, who camped in Vairengte, told PTI by telephone.
Police Cachar Supervisors Ramandeep Kaur also confirmed to the PTI that the vehicle “has moved under a heavy police escort”.
“Even though at first there were several resistance from the local residents, after the two ministers held negotiations, the vehicle began to move,” said Kaur.
The Mizoram Silchar (LO) Liaison Officer Kaptlauang said that before the truck began seriously, some vehicles were bound by Mizoram being attacked and damaged by criminals in Lilapur on Saturday.
The development occurred after Minister Assam and Mizoram met last week to sort differences and agree to maintain peace along the border and resolve their differences peacefully.
But some drivers remain reluctant to move their vehicles across the border.
Rahul Hussain, a driver stranded, said they were “willing to enter Mizoram”, but demanded a written guarantee for protection.
Apart from efforts by Interior Minister Amit Shah to resolve the old border tired raft between Assam and its neighbors earlier last month, at least six state police personnel and one civilian killed and more than 50 people were injured in clashes between the police.
From two countries on July 26 at the Cachar Assam border with Mizoram.
Both states shared borders 164.6 km between Cachar Assam, Karimanji and Karimganj District, and District of Claid, Mizit and Aizawl Mizoram.
Both states have different interpretations of their territorial borders.
While Mizoram believes that the borders are located along the ‘line’ drawn in 1875 to protect the tribal people from outside influence, Assam experienced the district demarcation conducted in the 1930s.