The Mizoram NGO Coordination Committee (NGOCC) has urged the Centre to reconsider its decision to fence the India-Myanmar border and suspend the Free Movement Regime (FMR) with the neighbouring country. Shah had recently said that the Centre has decided to erect a fence along the India-Myanmar border and review the FMR. In his meeting with Shah in Delhi last week, Mizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma had urged the Union Home Minister not to construct the India-Myanmar border fence in Mizoram even if it is erected in neighbouring Manipur. Four states -- Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh -- share a 1,643-km-long international border with Myanmar. The FMR allows people living on both sides of the border to travel within 16 km of each other's territory without a visa.

Source: The Telegraph February 14, 2024 18:39 UTC