HP To Ask Centre To Settle Boundary Dispute With Haryana And Ladakh

The government will raise the issue at the North Zone council meeting to be held on September 20.

Home minister Amit Shah will preside over the meeting. Apart from Himachal Pradesh, the chief ministers and representatives of Punjab, Haryana, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, and Chandigarh will also attend the meet.

"We will raise the issue of our boundary dispute withLadakh in Sarchu and with Lahaul and Spiti over Shinkula,” said chief secretaryShrikant Baldi. Local communities atSarchuand Zanskar are squabbling over boundaries. The Haryana government has also claimed that a large chunk of the land bordering Himachal in Parwanoo. “The forest department has asked the Survey of India to demarcate the land,” said Baldi.

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