Assam lifts travel restrictions to Meghalaya

HY News 28 November, 2022 10:55 am IST
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Almost a week after violent clashes at the Assam-Meghalaya border, the Assam government on Sunday lifted travel restrictions to Meghalaya. The restrictions were imposed immediately after six persons died in a firing incident on the border of the two states on November 22.

Quoting Assam police’s deputy commissioner of police Sudhakar Singh, media report said “considering the present situation and a thorough discussion with Meghalaya police, Assam has decided to lift the ban, which means all the vehicles from Assam, both from Guwahati and Cachar, can enter Meghalaya”.

It is reported that members of various social organisations in Meghalaya burnt effigies of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma among others on Saturday,, in protest against the border violence.

Five Meghalaya residents and an Assam forest guard were killed in the firing incident took place at Mukroh village on November 22. Both the states imposed restrictions on travel to control the situation.

National Highway 6, which connects Barak Valley part of Assam, Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur with Guwahati through Meghalaya, is the lifeline of this part of northeast and due to a six day long travel restriction, over two thousand goods trucks were standing in Cachar district.

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