“Drawing the line: Why Nagaland and Mizoram must accept fencing of India-Myanmar border”, Swarajyamag, February 8, 2024:
“Major protests have erupted in Nagaland and Mizoram, as well as in Kuki-inhabited areas of Manipur, against plans to fence the 1,643-kilometre long India-Myanmar border.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah formally announced this plan on social media site X earlier this week.
Shah’s post read: “The Modi government is committed to building impenetrable borders. It has decided to construct a fence along the entire 1643-kilometer-long Indo-Myanmar border. To facilitate better surveillance, a patrol track along the border will also be paved.”
The porous and unfenced international border has emerged as a major concern for security agencies in India…..”
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