The supply of essential commodities started in Mizoram

The supply of essential commodities started in Mizoram.

The supply of basic goods is gradually returning to normal in Mizoram as trucks carrying goods enter the state from neighboring Assam via National Highway 306, Mizoram Minister K Lalrinliana said on Tuesday.

Trucks from the rest of the country began entering Mizoram across a disputed border with Assam on the night of August 7, some 12 days after a bloody clash between police forces from the two states left 7 dead and more than 50. wounded.

Mizoram (Northern Range) Police Deputy Inspector General Lalbiakthanga Khiangte told PTI that at least 1,303 vehicles have entered the state from Assam via NH-306 from Saturday night to 6 pm Tuesday.

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Tankers and trucks carrying LPG from oil depots and gas bottling plants in Assam have been arriving smoothly from the neighboring state since August 7 after lifting the blockade by locals of Lailapur, the border village of Assam more near Mizoram, said Lalrinliana, the state supplies minister.

According to the minister, the train tracks, which were damaged in three places in Assam, have also been repaired and the transport of sacks of rice by train to Mizoram will soon resume.

Lalrinliana said that the position of stocks of all commodities is expected to normalize in the coming days. The DIG said that since August 7, 512 heavy vehicles and 339 medium vehicles that transport essential goods, 53 oil tankers, and 51 trucks that transport LPG have entered the state.

In addition, 328 light motor vehicles, two buses, and 18 taxicabs carrying passengers and goods have also arrived in Mizoram by crossing the border from Assam, he said. From the Mizoram side, at least 431 vehicles have left the state for Assam since Saturday night, the police officer said.

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Even after Assamese organizations in the Barak Valley lifted the economic blockade of Mizoram, announced shortly after the July 26 clash, truckers fearful of possible violence had chosen to park their vehicles near the border in the district’s Dholai. from Cachar or by avoiding the conflictive border by taking a car. The longest route through Tripura.

The situation eased after the ministers of Assam and Mizoram met on August 6 to settle the differences and agreed to remain calm along the border and resolve their differences amicably. The two northeastern neighbors share a 164.6 km border between the Cachar, Hailakandi, and Karimganj districts of Assam and the Kolasib, Mamit and Aizawl districts of Mizoram.

Both states have different interpretations of their territorial border. While Mizoram believes that its border lies along an internal line ‘drawn in 1875 to protect the tribes from outside influence, Assam is governed by a district demarcation made in the 1930s.