Mizoram claims 62 villages along the border with Assam

Mizoram Home Minister Lalchamliana on Friday said at least 62 villages located within the inner line reserved forest along Assam’s border fall within its territory.

For years, Mizoram has been claiming that a 509 square-mile (1,318 square kilometres) area of inner line reserved forest under the 1875 Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation (BEFR) as its actual boundary.