Entire India-Myanmar border in Northeast will be fenced: Amit Shah

Guwahati: Union home minister Amit Shah, on Tuesday (February 6), said that the Narendra Modi-led BJP government is ‘committed’ to build impenetrable borders.

Amit Shah said that the union government has decided to construct a fence along the entire 1643-kilometre-long India-Myanmar border in the Northeast.

“To facilitate better surveillance, a patrol track along the border will also be paved,” union home minister Amit Shah said.

The union home minster added that out of the total border length, a 10-kilometre stretch at Moreh in Tengnoupal district of Manipur, has already been fenced.

“Furthermore, two pilot projects of fencing through a Hybrid Surveillance System (HSS) are under execution. The government will fence a stretch of one kilometre each in Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur,” he added.

Amit Shah further said: “Additionally, fence works covering approximately 20 kilometres in Manipur have also been approved and the work will start soon.”