Aizawl/Guwahati, July 2 (TIWN) Amidst sporadic incidents and simmering tensions along the interstate borders of Assam, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and Meghalaya, security has been further tightened and ministers and top officials visited the border areas to ensure there is no further escalation.

Officials in Aizawl said that Mizoram Chief Secretary Lalnunmawia Chuaungo and his Assam counterpart Jishnu Baruah would hold a meeting next week on the border issues.  Assam's Environment, Forest, Border Protection and Development Secretary Gyanendra Dev Tripathi, accompanied by district officials, on Thursday, visited the troubled areas along the border with Mizoram and talked to the local people.  Meanwhile, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma said in Shillong that he would soon talk to his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma on the border issue.  Meghalaya Health Minister Alexander Laloo Hek, who is one of the two BJP MLAs in the state, recently met Sarma in Guwahati and discussed the border issue.  An Assam government statement said that in view of border row leading to exacerbation of tension at Joyrampur-Chilonibasti close to the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh inter-state border, state Environment and Forest Minister Parimal Suklabaidya on Friday visited the areas and talked to the officials and local people to defuse the tension and to restore peace and normalcy.