Imphal:Fencing along the India-Myanmar international border at Manipur's Moreh town is in progress to check illegal drug trafficking and movement of militants. "The project is likely
to benefit both Myanmar and India . Drug trafficking, human trafficking and illegal
trafficking will be controlled," said Ginsei Lhungdim, General Secretary, Hill
Tribal Council. The states of Manipur, Nagaland and Mizoram have been identified
as a transit point for illegal trafficking by the United Nations Drug Control
Programme (UNDCP) and International Narcotic Control Board (INCB). "Government
of India had promised to have Myanmar 's government in setting up Border liason
office near the border area. The objectives are building up bilateral friendship.
Then Myanmar 's officials desire to be taught the Queen's language, English,"
said Ginsei Lhungdim. "They also want to settle petty border criminal issues at
the local level itself without forwarding the matter to national capital," he
added. The first phase of surveying the border fencing work was taken along the
porous Indo-Myanmar border in 2009. The fencing work kicked off this year on February
2 after the completion of the boundary survey by the Survey of India. According
to a trade treaty between India and Myanmar , a stretch of 40 kilometers on each
side of the border is totally open. No visa and other documents are required to
cross the Indo-Myanmar border in this area.
