Guwahati, June 3 -- The governments of Assam and Meghalaya on Monday announced their decision to erect border pillars in five of the six disputed areas by India's Independence Day, August 15, 2025.

This initiative marks a crucial step forward since the two states signed an agreement in March 2022 to address these territorial disagreements.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart, CM Conrad K Sangma, announced the decision at a joint press conference following a Chief Ministers' level meeting on various inter-state issues in Guwahati on Monday.

"Out of six areas for which an agreement was signed, we will try to erect the border pillars in five of these areas by August 15," said Assam Chief Minister Sarma....