The Upper Subansiri-Kamle District Boundary Affected People’s Forum has urged the state government to resolve the longstanding boundary issue between Upper Subansiri and Kamle districts in accordance with the provisions of the Arunachal Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 2017. The forum’s chairman, Dosh Dasi Tamin, stated that the Arunachal Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Act, 2017 received the governor’s assent on 29 November, 2017, and was subsequently published in the official gazette on 4 December, 2017. Tamin said that the Act clearly specified the administrative units that would form part of the newly created Kamle district.
According to him, the Act mentioned Gepen of Puchi-Geko and part of Sadar circle, comprising villages falling under the Raga Assembly constituency, including Ligu and Liruk villages. Tamin stated that the Act clearly provided that Ligu and Liruk villages were carved out of Upper Subansiri district and became part of Kamle district. However, he alleged that confusion arose after a notification issued by the commissioner on 27 May, 2020, which stated that areas west of the Sigin River in Daporijo would come under Kamle district’s jurisdiction for policing purposes under the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
According to him, the notification used the Sigin River as a reference point for Kamle district jurisdiction, which led to confusion among the public regarding the actual district boundary. The Sigin River lies at the heart of Daporijo, the administrative headquarters of Upper Subansiri district, and several government institutions have been functioning in the area for many years. Due to the absence of a properly demarcated boundary, many disputes and misunderstandings have arisen over time, prompting repeated representations to the government.
The Government of Arunachal Pradesh convened a meeting on 25 May, 2026, under the chairmanship of Home Commissioner Nyali Ete to discuss the boundary issue. Officials from the general administration, including Secretary Komkar Dulom, IGP Tusar Taba and government representatives participated in the meeting. Following the meeting, developments reported on 27 May, 2026 were favourable to the affected people.
The new notification clarified that Daporijo town and its nine colonies would remain under the jurisdiction of Upper Subansiri district. Tamin welcomed the government’s intervention and stressed that whenever a new district is created in the future, the government should simultaneously demarcate and officially notify district boundaries in order to prevent confusion, disputes and administrative complications. The forum expressed hope that the government would take necessary steps to ensure a clear and lasting resolution of the Upper Subansiri-Kamle district boundary issue in the interest of the people of both districts.
The forum also demanded immediate inclusion of nine colonies under Upper Subansiri district in the ongoing houselisting and housing census. The colonies are Sigum Rijo, Dilidi Colony, Sinyik Colony, Power Grid Colony, Santi Colony, Lidu Colony, Veterinary Colony, PI Colony and Degiam Yorlo. In a representation to the Statistics & Economics Department secretary-cum-state census nodal officer, the forum stated that the omission of these colonies appears to have arisen due to the administrative and jurisdictional dispute between Upper Subansiri and Kamle districts following Notification No HMB (A) 175/2018, dated 27 May, 2020, issued by the commissioner (home), Government of Arunachal Pradesh, concerning the jurisdiction of Raga police station under Kamle district.
The forum urged the secretary to ensure that no household or resident of the nine colonies is left out of the census enumeration process on account of the pending boundary or jurisdictional dispute.
