AIZAWL/GUWAHATI, Oct 22 - A day after Assam and Mizoram agreed to restore peace and normalcy on the interstate boundary following a clash, movement of trucks carrying essential items has resumed after four days, officials of the two states said on Thursday.
Trucks that got stranded on both sides of the border since the clash between the people of the two states on Saturday night have started moving since this morning, though a major student body of Mizoram has launched a blockade on National Highway-306, which links the two neighbouring states.
The student body Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP) said it has started the blockade at Vairengte in Mizoram�s Kolasib district near the border since Wednesday evening, claiming that people of Lailapur in Cachar district have also put up a blockade.
MZP president B Vanlaltana said that the agitation was also intended to protect Mizoram�s territory and mount pressure on the Centre and the state governments to resolve the long-standing inter-state border dispute.
Vanlaltana said that 11 MZP leaders, including the vice-president Peter Chhangte were arrested in the small hours of Thursday for staging the blockade. The police, however denied this.
Kolasib district Superintendent of Police Vanlalfaka Ralte, told PTI that some trucks carrying essential commodities have entered the state under police escort on Thursday morning from neighbouring Cachar district of Assam.
A Cachar district official said, �More than 140 trucks have crossed over to Mizoram since this morning. A few trucks have also reached Lailapur from across the border.�
Meanwhile, Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga has instructed officials to ask security forces not to withdraw from the border areas till a final decision is made by the Centre on the matter and normalcy returns to the area.
Several people were injured in the clash that occurred between the people of the two states, during which several makeshift huts were torched on Saturday night. � PTI
