Overview

• Nearly 400 villagers from Lapangap and nearby areas backed by student and civil society unions uprooted saplings and dismantled wooden structures from a plantation site established by Assam’s Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council.
• Assam Police responded with tear gas shells and rubber bullets after the Meghalaya side descended on the unnotified plantation drive in the disputed village.
• The contested hill in Lapangap falls within one of 12 sensitive stretches along the 884.9-km inter-state boundary, six of which were divided under a 2022 New Delhi agreement.
• A village-level peace meeting set for June 27 will convene traditional headmen and district councils to maintain the status quo and negotiate a solution.
• The North Eastern Space Applications Centre is mapping the disputed zones using high-resolution satellite imagery ahead of expert analysis for actionable border demarcation.