Guwahati: In what is the fallout of long negligence in resolving the inter-state border dispute, the blockade on Assam-Mizoram border has re-surfaced with local residents on Assam side stopping the movement of vehicle to Mizoram demanding withdrawal of forces allegedly four kilometre inside Assam territory.
Hundreds of trucks carrying essential supplies to Mizoram were once again stranded on National Highway 306, the life-line of the state.
Pointing out that problem re-started as Mizoram failed to honour its commitment, security sources said that Mizoram had promised that it would pull back its armed police from the border area at Lailapur in Assam.
The border tension between the two states was resolved on Thursday last after Union Home Secretary held a video conference with the chief secretaries of both Assam and Mizoram to defuse the situation.
Asserting that tension…