SHIMLA: The issue of border dispute between Himachal Pradesh and Leh-Ladakh echoed in the monsoon session of state assembly on Thursday.
Lahaul-Spiti MLA Ravi Thakur said that J&K has entered 35 kilometres inside the boundary of Himachal Pradesh in Shinkula and 14 kilometers in Sarchu and this needs to be taken seriously. In the absence of revenue minister Jagat Singh Negi in the assembly, education minister Rohit Thakur, while replying to this said that the border dispute with Leh-Ladakh will be resolved soon.
Ravi Thakur said that the border issue of Lahaul-Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh with Jammu and Kashmir is pending as when he was the vice-chairman of National Scheduled Tribe Commission, a demand was made to the Surveyor General of India to resolve the matter through demarcation.