BRO to fence major portion of India-Myanmar border
The Hindu
The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) will fence a major portion of the strategic India-Myanmar border, and a 10 km stretch in Manipur has already been covered, a senior official said.
The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) will fence a major portion of the strategic India-Myanmar border, and a 10 km stretch in Manipur has already been covered, a senior official said.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has identified around 1,700 km of fencing that needs to be done, BRO’s Additional Director General (East) P.K.H. Singh said.
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The organisation has already finished fencing 10 km along the border in Manipur’s Moreh, which was handed over to the Assam Rifles, Mr. Singh told PTI.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently said the Centre has decided that the India-Myanmar border will be protected by barbed fencing like the India-Bangladesh border, and the government was rethinking the free movement agreement with Myanmar.
Four Indian states – Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram – share a 1,643-km border with Myanmar.
Mr. Singh said the next 80-km stretch in Manipur has also been identified and the detailed project report (DPR) submitted to the ministry.
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