Key facts
- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma called the delayed implementation of border fencing a "historical mistake."
- Fencing efforts along the India-Bangladesh border were not consistently applied across all bordering states after the 1985 Assam Accord.
- Significant progress has been made recently in fencing along the borders of Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, and West Bengal.
- Sarma indicated that the effective implementation of the Assam Accord's border management provisions is beginning in 2025.
- A Union Government committee is examining demographic changes in border regions, with Assam recommending citizenship status scrutiny for families.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has characterized the prolonged delay in implementing border fencing provisions under the 1985 Assam Accord as a "historical mistake." Speaking to reporters in Guwahati, Sarma highlighted that while fencing work began along the Assam-Bangladesh border after the accord's signing, similar efforts were not concurrently extended to other bordering states like Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, and West Bengal.