India completes over 9 km fencing at Manipur's Moreh along Myanmar border; road construction underway: MHA
1 week ago

India completes over 9 km fencing at Manipur's Moreh along Myanmar border; road construction underway: MHA

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi : India has completed a 9.214 km-long border fencing project at Manipur's Moreh along the India-Myanmar border and work on constructing a road parallel to the fence is currently in progress, a project aimed at enhancing security and curbing illegal cross-border activities as well as improve accessibility and strengthen patrolling in the region, the MHA report said. The information mentioned in the Ministry of Home Affairs Annual Report 2023-2024 stated that "The construction of fencing for a border length of 9.214 km at Moreh awarded to Border Roads Organisation has been completed and work on the road along the fence is in progress." The fencing project at Moreh, a key border town and a significant trade hub, is part of India's broader effort to secure its borders and promote infrastructural development in the northeast. Construction work on two pilot projects of a Hybrid surveillance system, one km each in Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur has been awarded to Assam Rifles and work is in progress "The construction of 20.862 km fence and road was awarded to BRO in February, 2024 for which the work is in progress," added the MHA report.

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Wasbir Hussain | B’desh, Myanmar power shifts may hit N-E India
1 week ago

Wasbir Hussain | B’desh, Myanmar power shifts may hit N-E India

Deccan Chronicle  

Domestic or internal power shifts in countries can alter bilateral relations with their neighbours. This is what is happening in two of India’s immediate neighbours -- Bangladesh and Myanmar -- something that New Delhi is looking at closely because the drastic developments across the borders have the potential to seriously impact Northeast India. One is that the Chin Brotherhood Alliance, …

Manipur seeks Centre's help on border management amid Myanmarese entry debate
1 week, 6 days ago

Manipur seeks Centre's help on border management amid Myanmarese entry debate

India Today  

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Thursday said the state government has requested the Centre to maximise the use of state machinery for managing border areas. “The state government has asked the center to deploy state machinery at the maximum level to identify entrants and ensure proper border management,” he added. BJP'S COMMITMENT TO AMBEDKAR'S LEGACY Singh also addressed …

Myanmarese living within 10km of Manipur border can enter state with a pass: MHA letter
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Myanmarese living within 10km of Manipur border can enter state with a pass: MHA letter

Hindustan Times  

The Union ministry of home affairs on Tuesday informed the Manipur government about a new scheme to allow Myanmar residents who live within 10km of the border into Manipur, but after getting a “border pass” from the Assam Rifles, officials familiar with the matter said, adding that the facility will also be applicable for Manipur’s border residents who wish to …

BRO steps up India-Myanmar border fencing work near Manipur's Moreh: PRO Defence
3 weeks, 4 days ago

BRO steps up India-Myanmar border fencing work near Manipur's Moreh: PRO Defence

Deccan Chronicle  

Imphal: Border Roads Organisation has stepped up India-Myanmar border fencing work near Moreh town in Manipur's Tengnoupal district, an official said on Saturday. "BRO has commenced work of erecting the border fencing along the India-Myanmar border in the general area of Moreh in Tengnoupal district," PRO Defence Kohima told PTI over the phone. Only 10 km of the international border …

India plans to turn some of its most remote battlefields into tourist destinations
1 month, 1 week ago

India plans to turn some of its most remote battlefields into tourist destinations

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Indian army vehicles move in …

Government sanctions ₹31,000 crore to fence Myanmar border
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Government sanctions ₹31,000 crore to fence Myanmar border

The Hindu  

The Union government has approved ₹31,000 crore to fence the Myanmar border, a senior Home Ministry official said on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said fencing work had been completed on 30 km of the border, which, he termed the root cause of the ethnic violence in Manipur. The Cabinet Committee on Security had, in principle, approved …

Home ministry asks Manipur, Arunachal govt to expedite DPRs for fencing along India-Myanmar border
4 months, 3 weeks ago

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

New Indian Express  

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 …

We’re providing security to migrant workers: Manipur CM
6 months, 4 weeks ago

We’re providing security to migrant workers: Manipur CM

The Hindu  

Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh said his government was providing security to around 4,000 migrant labourers working at various construction sites in the State. The Manipur police said they had arrested 27-year-old Sairom Birjit Singh, a member of the Kangleipak Communist Party, one of the seven valley-based Meitei extremist groups that has been routinely banned by the government. ‘Extortions …

Myanmar insurgent transporting bullets, walkie talkies from India held in Mizoram
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Myanmar insurgent transporting bullets, walkie talkies from India held in Mizoram

Hindustan Times  

The security forces in Mizoram arrested an active cadre of Myanmar’s Chin Defence Force, who was transporting bullets, walkie talkie sets and tactical gear, for the insurgent group across the border, people aware of the matter said on Tuesday. Since 2021, rebel forces have been fighting against the military junta and have also taken control of many parts of the …

'If things were normal, this would not have happened': Jaishankar on fencing of Indo-Myanmar border
8 months, 4 weeks ago

'If things were normal, this would not have happened': Jaishankar on fencing of Indo-Myanmar border

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that if the situation in neighboring Myanmar were normal, there would be no necessity to fence along the Indo-Myanmar border or end the Free Movement Regime. Centre to fence Indo-Myanmar border The government in February this year announced the decision to fence the 1,643-kilometer-long India-Myanmar border in another …

India to spend $3.7 billion to fence Myanmar border, cabinet approval pending: Report
9 months, 1 week ago

India to spend $3.7 billion to fence Myanmar border, cabinet approval pending: Report

India TV News  

New Delhi: India plans to spend nearly $3.7 billion to fence its 1,610-km porous border with Myanmar within about a decade, news agency Reuters reported citing a source with direct knowledge of the matter, to prevent smuggling and other illegal activities. Earlier, the Ministry of Home Affairs Delhi said it would fence the border and end a decades-old visa-free movement …

Can the Centre Bypass Mizoram, Nagaland and Fence the India-Myanmar Border?
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Can the Centre Bypass Mizoram, Nagaland and Fence the India-Myanmar Border?

The Quint  

The sudden termination of the Free Movement Regime, which allowed people on both sides of the India-Myanmar border to travel up to 16 km into each other’s territory without passport and visa, will have repercussions that no one is talking about. Moreover, fencing the hitherto unfenced border will not be a cakewalk for the Centre after the assertive and tough …

Now, Nagaland opposes fencing of India’s border with Myanmar
10 months, 1 week ago

Now, Nagaland opposes fencing of India’s border with Myanmar

Hindustan Times  

The Nagaland assembly on Friday adopted a resolution urging the Union government to reconsider its recent decision to fence the Indo-Myanmar border and suspend the Free Movement Regime with the neighbouring country, becoming the second state after Mizoram to take such step. India shares 1,643-kilometre border with Myanmar, running through four northeastern states India shares 1,643-kilometre border with Myanmar, running …

Indians living along the border with strife-torn Myanmar protest restrictions on movement
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Indians living along the border with strife-torn Myanmar protest restrictions on movement

Associated Press  

GUWAHATI, India — Hundreds of people living in a remote northeastern Indian state bordering strife-torn Myanmar on Wednesday protested the Indian government’s decision to scrap a limited free border movement between the countries. Indian officials in November estimated that thousands had entered northeastern states to flee heavy fighting in Myanmar’s western Chin state, where Myanmar’s ruling military government has been …

Mizoram: NGOCC protest in Aizawl against scrapping of FMR, fencing India-Myanmar border
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Mizoram: NGOCC protest in Aizawl against scrapping of FMR, fencing India-Myanmar border

India TV News  

Aizawl: A civil society group in Mizoram on Wednesday staged a peaceful demonstration in protest against the Centre's proposal to erect a fence along the India-Myanmar border and terminate the Free Movement Regime with the neighbouring country. NGOCC opposed to the move to construct fence Speaking at the rally, NGOCC chairman and CYMA president Lalhmachhuana the firm opposition of the …

What comes under India’s Free Movement Regime with Myanmar? Why was it scrapped?
11 months ago

What comes under India’s Free Movement Regime with Myanmar? Why was it scrapped?

Live Mint  

The central government has decided to scrap the India-Myanmar Free Movement Regime, announced Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday. In a post on X, Home Minister Amit Shah said that the FMR was abolished between India and Myanmar to safeguard the internal security of the nation and preserve the demographic composition of India's North Eastern states that share borders …

India suspends Free Movement Regime with Myanmar
11 months ago

India suspends Free Movement Regime with Myanmar

The Hindu  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on February 8 that the Government has decided to scrap the Free Movement Regime along Myanmar border to ensure the internal security of the country and to maintain the demographic structure of India’s North Eastern States. MHA has decided that the FMR between India and Myanmar be scrapped to ensure the internal security of …

Process To Scrap FMR Along India-Myanmar Border Has Begun: Amit Shah
11 months ago

Process To Scrap FMR Along India-Myanmar Border Has Begun: Amit Shah

ABP News  

Guwahati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that the Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to scrap the Free Movement Regime between India and Myanmar in a bid to ensure internal security of India and to maintain the demographic structure of the northeastern states of India bordering Myanmar. The Ministry of Home Affairs has decided that the Free …

1643 km Indo-Myanmar border to be fenced, a patrol track to be built: Amit Shah
11 months ago

1643 km Indo-Myanmar border to be fenced, a patrol track to be built: Amit Shah

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Effectively putting an end to the free movement regime or FMR with Myanmar, which allows people on both sides to venture 16 kms into each other’s territory without any document, the Union government on Tuesday said the entire 1,643 km long Indo-Myanmar border will be fenced. Union home minister Amit Shah first announced the withdrawal of the free …

Govt will fence entire border with Myanmar: Shah
11 months ago

Govt will fence entire border with Myanmar: Shah

The Hindu  

The Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday that the government has decided to construct a fence along the 1,643-kilometre border with Myanmar. Mr. Shah said that the “Modi government is committed to building impenetrable borders.” In a post on ‘X’ the Minister said, ‘It has decided to construct a fence along the entire 1,643-kilometer Indo-Myanmar border. Free movement …

Govt to fence entire 1643-km long Indo-Myanmar border, says Amit Shah
11 months ago

Govt to fence entire 1643-km long Indo-Myanmar border, says Amit Shah

India TV News  

The government will fence along the entire 1,643-kilometer-long India-Myanmar border in another step to boost country's security, Union Home Minister Amit Shah informed on Tuesday. It has decided to construct a fence along the entire 1643-kilometer-long Indo-Myanmar border. Indo-Myanmar border currently has Free Movement Regime The 1,643-km-long India-Myanmar border, which passes through Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh, currently has …

BRO to fence major portion of India-Myanmar border
11 months, 2 weeks ago

BRO to fence major portion of India-Myanmar border

The Hindu  

January 25, 2024 02:17 pm | Updated 03:37 pm IST - Guwahati The Border Roads Organisation 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 organisation has already finished fencing 10 km along the border in Manipur’s Moreh, which was handed over to …

Indo-Myanmar border to be fenced, free movement regime scrapped: Amit Shah
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Indo-Myanmar border to be fenced, free movement regime scrapped: Amit Shah

Hindustan Times  

Guwahati: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that India’s border with Myanmar will be fenced like the Indo-Bangladesh border, and the existing free movement regime between the two countries scrapped. Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday addressed the passing out parade of first batch of five newly-constituted Assam Police Commando battalion Shah said that fencing will start …

India-Myanmar border to be fenced soon, says Home Minister Amit Shah
11 months, 2 weeks ago

India-Myanmar border to be fenced soon, says Home Minister Amit Shah

The Hindu  

The Union government will soon fence the 1,643 km border between India and Myanmar, and will consider ending its free movement regime agreement with the neighbouring country, Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday. “I want to tell my friends in Assam that the Narendra Modi government has decided to fence India’s open border along with Myanmar just like we …

India's border with Myanmar to be fenced to restrict ‘infiltrators’: Amit Shah
11 months, 2 weeks ago

India's border with Myanmar to be fenced to restrict ‘infiltrators’: Amit Shah

Hindustan Times  

Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that will fence its border with Myanmar to protect from infiltrators like it has barricaded the border along Bangladesh, news agency PTI reported. Union Home Minister Amit Shah speaks during the 60th Raising Day ceremony of Sashastra Seema Bal, in Tezpur. Earlier in September last year, Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh …

Govt plans to end free movement regime along border with Myanmar to check influx of illegal migrants, insurgents
1 year ago

Govt plans to end free movement regime along border with Myanmar to check influx of illegal migrants, insurgents

Firstpost  

The Free Movement Regime, which allows people living in proximity to the India-Myanmar border to travel 16 km into each other’s territory without a visa, is slated to end very soon, according to a senior government official on Tuesday. The 1,643-km-long India-Myanmar border, traversing Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh, presently operates under the FMR, initiated in 2018 as a …

Free Movement Regime to end at Myanmar border
1 year ago

Free Movement Regime to end at Myanmar border

The Hindu  

The Union government is all set to scrap the Free Movement Regime along the Myanmar border, a senior government official said on January 2. India and Myanmar share an unfenced border, and people on either side have familial and ethnic ties, which prompted the arrangement in the 1970s. We are in talks with Myanmar.” Under the FMR, every member of …

Synergising Manipur’s Internal and Border Security Need of the Hour - News18
1 year, 2 months ago

Synergising Manipur’s Internal and Border Security Need of the Hour - News18

News 18  

Manipur is a strategically important state located at the gateway to Southeast Asia, comprising the economically well-developed ASEAN grouping. Northeast India shares almost 5500 km of international border/Line of Actual Control with neighbouring countries which accounts for almost 30 per cent of India’s borders. The spread of drug trade in the region from the ‘Golden Triangle’ comprising Thailand, Myanmar and …

How smart fencing can check illegal immigration into Manipur from Myanmar
1 year, 2 months ago

How smart fencing can check illegal immigration into Manipur from Myanmar

Firstpost  

Smart fences are considered as an option in zones that have geographical barriers. Almost the entire stretch of the India-Myanmar border from Anjaw in Arunachal Pradesh to Lawngtlai in Mizoram is hilly, making surveillance an arduous task for the government The Centre has decided to install smart fencing along the India-Myanmar border in Manipur, which is expected to boost the …

100-km smart fencing along Myanmar border in the pipeline to boost surveillance: Home Ministry
1 year, 2 months ago

100-km smart fencing along Myanmar border in the pipeline to boost surveillance: Home Ministry

The Hindu  

An advanced smart fencing system of 100 km along the Myanmar border is in the pipeline to strengthen the existing surveillance system, the 2022-23 annual report of the Ministry of Home Affairs published last week said. “Under the FMR, every member of the hill tribes, who is either a citizen of India or a citizen of Myanmar and who is …

Breaking News, July 30 | HIGHLIGHTS
1 year, 5 months ago

Breaking News, July 30 | HIGHLIGHTS

India TV News  

Manipur issue | BJP leader Sambit Patra says, ".Politics should not be done. For the first time in the country's politics, the country's Home Minister stayed for three nights in a northeastern state where insurgency was common earlier. What is the reason that not one even 1 km of fencing was done on the 400 km-long border between Manipur & …

China says India border stable, contrasting with Indian view
1 year, 8 months ago

China says India border stable, contrasting with Indian view

Associated Press  

BEIJING — China’s defense minister says conditions along the tense, high-altitude border with India are “stable overall,” in sharp contrast with the far more pessimistic view from New Delhi. In its own statement, India’s defense ministry quoted Singh as saying China had eroded the “entire basis” of ties between the countries by violating bilateral agreements, in reference to a nearly …

Development of border villages resulting in early signs of reverse migration: Arunachal CM
1 year, 8 months ago

Development of border villages resulting in early signs of reverse migration: Arunachal CM

The Hindu  

The Arunachal Pradesh government has placed tremendous focus on development of border areas by improving connectivity and communication and strengthening agricultural activities, resulting in early signs of reverse migration, Chief Minister Pema Khandu said here. Development of model village clusters, improving connectivity, strengthening the agriculture sector through 'Atmanirbhar' schemes and 'Mission Krishi Veer' to aggregate fresh fruits and vegetables to …

Govt: Over 2,000 KM Road Constructed Along China Border At Rs 15,477 Crore In Last 5 Years
2 years, 5 months ago

Govt: Over 2,000 KM Road Constructed Along China Border At Rs 15,477 Crore In Last 5 Years

ABP News  

The government informed the Lok Sabha on Monday that it spent Rs 15,477 crore in the last five years to construct 2,088.57 km of roads in areas bordering China. Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt said in total, the government spent Rs 20,767 crore in constructing 3,595 km of border roads in border areas along China, Pakistan, Bangladesh and …

Cross-border Terrorism in Mind, Govt to Spend Rs 7,000 Cr by 2023 to Transform, Manage 5 Key Borders
2 years, 9 months ago

Cross-border Terrorism in Mind, Govt to Spend Rs 7,000 Cr by 2023 to Transform, Manage 5 Key Borders

News 18  

While cross-border terrorism and crimes remain major concerns, by 2023 the Narendra Modi-led Centre will have spent close to Rs 7,000 crore since 2020 to transform the infrastructure at and manage five key borders. In 2020, the central government approved the construction of 32 India-China Border Roads -II, measuring 683.12 km, at an estimated cost of Rs 12,434.90 crore. Similarly, …

With China's Entrenchment in Nepal, Bhutan, Time for India to Revamp Border Security
3 years ago

With China's Entrenchment in Nepal, Bhutan, Time for India to Revamp Border Security

News 18  

India has one of the largest numbers of border guarding entities and personnel in the world. For that, either the Indian Army should solicit with the government to sanction more battalions for Assam Rifles, perhaps more than a dozen to the least, or else, the Ministry of Defence should hand over the control of the Indo-Myanmar border to any of …

India deploys another 50,000 troops to its disputed border with China
3 years, 6 months ago

India deploys another 50,000 troops to its disputed border with China

Daily Mail  

India has deployed another 50,000 troops on its disputed Himalayan border with China - a significant display of power to its nuclear rival. China's state broadcaster CCTV released video in February which purported to show the bloody mountain battle last June, which left 20 Indian soldiers dead and at least four Chinese troops The fiercely contested Line of Actual Control …

Influx of Myanmar refugees at Indian, Thai borders ominous: UNSG’s special envoy
3 years, 9 months ago

Influx of Myanmar refugees at Indian, Thai borders ominous: UNSG’s special envoy

Live Mint  

The influx of refugees from Myanmar at the Indian and Thai borders and elsewhere is “ominous" and likely just the beginning, UN Secretary General’s special envoy on Myanmar has told the Security Council, warning that regional security could deteriorate further and no country in the region would want a “failed state” as their neighbour. Myanmar's military toppled the country's government …

Ministry of Home Affairs asks 4 northeast states to stop influx from Myanmar
3 years, 9 months ago

Ministry of Home Affairs asks 4 northeast states to stop influx from Myanmar

Hindustan Times  

The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked four northeastern states – Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur - along with the Assam Rifles to prevent a possible influx of people from Myanmar in the wake of massive civilian protests in the neighbouring country following a military coup. File photo The state governments have been asked to take appropriate action as …

India, Bangladesh agree to speed up border fencing
3 years, 10 months ago

India, Bangladesh agree to speed up border fencing

The Hindu  

The Home Secretaries of India and Bangladesh met virtually on Saturday and both sides and discussed early completion of pending fencing along the Indo-Bangladesh border as agreed to by the Prime Ministers of the two countries, a statement by the Ministry of Home Affairs said. The 19th Home Secretary level talks between India and Bangladesh was held in the backdrop …

Amid Standoff with China, India Builds Roads and Bridges in Eastern Ladakh for Winters
4 years, 3 months ago

Amid Standoff with China, India Builds Roads and Bridges in Eastern Ladakh for Winters

News 18  

Ligen Eliyas deftly turns the excavator’s hydraulic arm to push a huge boulder into the Zanskar river below in a cloud of dust, clearing another bit of land for a strategic highway that India is hurriedly building near the Chinese border. It highlights the efforts by India, which have been redoubled after the latest tensions, to develop key infrastructure – …

Tripura CM Biplab Kumar urges Amit Shah to finish India-Bangladesh border fencing
5 years, 3 months ago

Tripura CM Biplab Kumar urges Amit Shah to finish India-Bangladesh border fencing

India TV News  

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to complete the border fencing work along the India-Bangladesh frontiers to curb smuggling of drugs and other contrabands, illegal cross border movement and crimes, an official said on Friday. According to Border Security Force officials, the various agencies engaged by the government have completed the fencing work …

Manipur Police claims illegal cross-border drug smuggling from Myanmar on the rise despite measures taken
5 years, 4 months ago

Manipur Police claims illegal cross-border drug smuggling from Myanmar on the rise despite measures taken

Firstpost  

Illegal cross-border smuggling of drugs from neighbouring Myanmar to Manipur is witnessing a rapid rise despite measures being undertaken, police said. Imphal: Illegal cross-border smuggling of drugs from neighbouring Myanmar to Manipur is witnessing a rapid rise despite measures being undertaken by law enforcers to check the menace, police said. A high ranking police officer told PTI that most of …

Assam gets ‘smart’ fence along border
5 years, 10 months ago

Assam gets ‘smart’ fence along border

The Hindu  

A digital ‘barrier’ has finally filled a 61 km gap on the 4,096.7 km India-Bangladesh border fence three decades after the project kickstarted. On Tuesday, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated an electronic surveillance system that “is expected to diminish challenges faced by the Border Security Force in manning this stretch against cross-border crimes.” Comprising microwave communication, optical fibre cables, …

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