Right time to demarcate Assam-Nagaland territory, says UNTABA

Maintaining that it was right time to demarcate the Assam and Nagaland territory, the United Naga Tribes Association of Border Areas (UNTABA) reminded the people that they should be concerned with the border rather than speculating on the frame-work agreement that was signed between the GoI and NSCN (I-M).
Unless the issue is resolved based on historical and traditional perspective, tensions will prevail in the border, he added.
Interacting with media persons on October 4, UNTABA chairman, Hukavi Yeputhomi reminded said, it had also appraised the matter to the collective leadership of the NSCN (I-M) and handed over all details and relevant historical documents. In this regard, UNTABA would also be meeting the interlocutor of the Naga peace talks, RV Ravi,” Hukavi informed.
UNTABA has also decided to file a Writ Petition and Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court to direct the Central Government to effect necessary amendments in the state of Nagaland Act or the 13th Amendment Act 1962 and demarcate the inter-state boundaries between Assam and Nagaland, according to the 9-Point Agreement of June 1947 as assured in the 16-Point Agreement.
According to Hukavi, the writ petition was necessitated because it was only the parliament and not the Supreme Court which has the power to demarcate state boundaries.
Hukai also said that state government has spent more than Rs. 22 crores in two decades in the process of litigation relating to the Original Suit No.2 of 1988 filed by Assam government against Ministry of Home Affairs, Chief Election Commission of India and Government of Nagaland revealed Hukavi. Thus, he said the association, by filing the writ petition, was offering the state government an option to do the right thing for the Naga people.
Further in the Writ Petition, the UNTABA would also be demanding compensation for illegal extraction of mineral resources in the Naga Hills district, illegal deforestation of Reserved Forests, illegal establishments of Tea Estates and settlement of illegal immigrants along the Assam-Nagaland border areas.