New Delhi, Dec 14 : Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Tuesday said the Centre acts only as a facilitator for “amicable” settlement of inter-state border disputes.

In a written reply to a question on inter-state border disputes in the Lok Sabha, the Minister said the approach of the Centre has consistently been that inter-state border disputes can be resolved only with the cooperation of state governments concerned.

“As per the available information, there are boundary disputes arising out of demarcation of boundaries, claims and counter claims over territories between Andhra Pradesh-Odisha, Haryana-Himachal Pradesh, UT of Ladakh-Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra-Karnataka, Assam-Arunachal Pradesh, Assam-Nagaland, Assam-Meghalaya and Assam-Mizoram. Some matters related to division of assets are pending between Andhra Pradesh-Telangana and Bihar-Jharkhand,” added the Minister.

He said occasional protests and incidents of violence were reported from some of the disputed border areas, while replying to another question.

Last month, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Mizoram counterpart Zoramthanga had agreed to constitute a committee each for resolving the border disputes between both the states through dialogue.

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu, in his 75th Independence Day address, had reiterated that all border disputes with the neighbouring Assam would be settled out-of-court and the state government would make claims and carry out all the exercises, taking into consideration the Apex Court appointed ‘Local Commission’ report.

The Arunachal Pradesh government had constituted a High Power Ministerial Committee (HPMC) headed by state Home Minister Bamang Felix in this regard.(UNI)