Guwahati, Dec 23 (TIWN) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad K. Sangma on Wednesday decided to resolve the six of the 12 inter-state border disputes before January 15.

Meghalaya's Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong said that Wednesday's meeting was a "productive" and "good" meeting.  "The meeting has decided that the regional committees formed by both the states will submit their reports to the respective Chief Ministers by December 31. After that, both the CMs will meet again and by January 15 we are hopeful of resolving the disputes in the six locations," Mr Tynsong told the media after the meeting.   The Meghalaya Deputy CM accompanied by Assam's Agriculture and Border Area Development Minister Atul Bora said that in the first phase, six disputed locations are being mutually studied and after resolving the inter-state disputes in these six locations, the disputes of the remaining six locations would be taken up.