BORDER DISPUTES
LOK SABHA
The Lok Sabha was
informed that there have been border disputes mostly out of claims
and counter claims between Bihar-Uttar Pradesh; Haryana-Uttar
Pradesh; Maharashtra-Karnataka-Kerala; Orissa-Andhra Pradesh;
Orissa Jharkhand; Orissa-Chhattisgarh; Orissa-West Bengal; Punjab-Haryana;
Uttaranchal-Himachal Pradesh; Assam-Meghalaya; Assam-Arunachal
Pradesh and Assam-Nagaland.
The Central Government
have made efforts from time to time to resolve the border disputes
involving various states, though essentially it is for the concerned
State Governments to resolve their differences through discussions
and mutual accommodation. With a view to resolve the border dispute
between Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, the Bihar-Uttar Pradesh (Alteration
of Boundaries) Act, 1968 was enacted. The Haryana-Uttar Pradesh
(Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1979 was enacted in order to settle
the border dispute between Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. The Central
Government had constituted the Mahajan Commission in October 1966
to resolve the Maharashtra-Karnataka-Kerala boundary dispute.
Three Commissions have so far been appointed to determine the
areas of Punjab that should go to Haryana in lieu of Chandigarh.
The Central Government got a study conducted on the boundary dispute
between Assam and Nagaland in 1976 and constituted the Shastri
Commisssion to deal with the dispute between the two States. Similarly,
a Tripartite Committee was constituted by the Central Government
to deal with the border dispute between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
Giving this information
in the Lok Sabha in a written reply today the Minister of State
for Home, Shri I.D. Swami said the Government have not constituted
any Committee to resolve these disputes.
