Home ministry asks Manipur, Arunachal govt to expedite DPRs for fencing along India-Myanmar border

NEW DELHI: The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has written to the governments of Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, asking them to coordinate with the Assam Rifles in preparing Detailed Project Reports for installing fences along the remaining stretches of the India-Myanmar border to further fortify the frontiers, officials said on Tuesday. The MHA, in its letter, highlighted the urgent need to speed up the preparation of DPRs for the remaining stretches in Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur on a priority basis. In identical letters to the Chief Secretaries of Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur, the MHA requested that they hold meetings and discussions with the Assam Rifles, Border Roads Organisation, and other concerned departments to finalize the locations and alignment of the fencing stretches. In one of his ‘X’ posts, Member of the Manipur Legislative Assembly Rajkumar Imo Singh said, “In a major decision by the Central Government regarding the fencing of the Indo-Myanmar border, the Union Home Ministry has instructed to expedite the entire border fencing construction work by conducting surveys and aligning the stretches along the Indo-Myanmar border, especially the Manipur stretch of 243 km.”