Guwahati, July 9 -- Nearly 83,000 hectares of land claimed by Assam are currently under the occupation of four neighbouring states, the Assam Assembly was informed on Wednesday.

Replying to a question by Congress MLA Rekibuddin Ahmed, Border Protection and Development Minister Atul Bora said 82,751.86 hectares of land across 18 districts of Assam are under the occupation of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Meghalaya and Mizoram.

Nagaland accounts for the largest share of the disputed land, with 59,490.21 hectares under its occupation, followed by Arunachal Pradesh (16,144.01 hectares), Mizoram (3,675.78 hectares) and Meghalaya (3,441.86 hectares).

The affected districts are Sonitpur, Biswanath, Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Char...