During a consultative meeting held at the Dorjee Khandu State Convention Centre on Thursday, various political parties including the Arunachal Indigenous Tribes Forum (AITF) and the All Arunachal Pradesh Student’s Union (AAPSU) resolved to work as a team to find a permanent solution to the interstate boundary issue between Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.

Arunachal Pradesh Home Minister Bamang Felix, the chairman of the High-Powered Ministerial Committee, said the consultative meeting is aimed at creating a roadmap that would guide the process of resolving the boundary issue with Assam. He appealed to the parties to rise above party lines and come together as Team Arunachal and appealed to all to ensure that peace is maintained throughout the process of resolving the boundary dispute. He stated committee would also convene a meeting after August 15 with district-level committees and would recommend the way forward based on Thursday’s consultative meeting. Later, the meeting accepted the committee’s proposal of taking the Supreme Court-appointed local committee’s recommendations as the baseline for working out an amicable and permanent solution to the boundary issue.

NF Railways to build Toy Train Project near Indo-China Border

The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) will build a toy train in Tawang, home to the world’s biggest Buddhist monastery outside Tibet. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu gave his nod to the project proposal during his meeting with NFR general manager Anshul Gupta on Thursday, a statement issued by CM office said. The toy train will be an added attraction in Tawang, situated at an elevation of approximately 3,048 metres in western Arunachal Pradesh, 448 km from state capital Itanagar and close to the Indo-China border.

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The CM welcomed the proposal and suggested to NFR officials to coordinate with the district administration for logistical support and assured coordination from the state government. Gupta said that if the state government gives a green signal to it, the NF Railway would start the ground work immediately, he assured that once everything is settled, NFR will complete the project within six months. The NF Railway is already in the process of constructing a broad gauge railway line from Bhalukpong in the foothills to Tawang covering a distance of 378 km, of which about 80 per cent will pass through tunnels.