Ajay Kumar Bhalla reviews Indo-Myanmar border fencing progress as 55 km of the project has been completed.
IMPHAL — Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Thursday reviewed the progress of the ongoing Indo-Myanmar border fencing works at a meeting held at Lok Bhavan in Imphal.
The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary Rajeev Singh Thakur, Security Advisor Kuldiep Singh, Director General of Police Mukesh Singh, Additional Chief Secretary Anurag Bajpai, Commissioner (Home) N. Ashok Kumar, Secretary to the Governor Sumant Singh, and officials of the Border Roads Task Force (BRTF), Forest Department and Assam Rifles.
Officials from Churachandpur, Chandel, Kamjong, Tengnoupal and Ukhrul districts also participated in the meeting virtually.
During the meeting, 25 BRTF Commanding Officer Colonel Dev made a detailed presentation on the progress of the ongoing border fencing works.
According to a statement shared by Lok Bhavan Manipur on X, the Governor reviewed the status of the fencing project in the presence of senior state officials and representatives of the agencies involved in the work.
The border fencing project was initially taken up in the Moreh area of Manipur several years ago, following the Centre's decision to fence the entire 1,643-km-long Indo-Myanmar border.
In a recent development, Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh said that 55 km of the ongoing 240-km border fencing project, estimated to cost around INR 3,223 crore, had been completed.
Piers for another 80 km had also been erected and were ready for the installation of fencing, he said.
The Chief Minister made the remarks while addressing the Seva Jyoti Yatra (Foot March), organised as part of the Seva Sankalp Abhiyan at the historic Kangla Fort in Imphal.
Manipur shares a 398-km-long international border with Myanmar across five districts—Churachandpur, Chandel, Kamjong, Tengnoupal and Ukhrul. Kamjong district alone shares 109 km of the border with the neighbouring country.