IMPHAL: Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla on Friday reviewed the progress of the ongoing border fencing work along the India-Myanmar frontiers, officials said.
A Raj Bhavan official said that the governor at a high-level meeting reviewed the progress of the ongoing India-Myanmar border fencing work along Manipur, including issues pertaining to the execution of the fencing work all along the India-Myanmar border with other northeastern states.
During the meeting, held at Raj Bhavan, officials of the Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) briefed the Governor on the progress and highlighted matters related to land acquisition, approach roads, fencing, security, manpower and other related issues.
The BRTF is a unit under the Border Roads Organisation (BRO). Manipur Chief Secretary Prashant Kumar Singh, Security Advisor Kuldiep Singh, Director General of Police Rajiv Singh, Commissioner (Home) N. Ashok Kumar, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Principal Secretary, Agriculture, Secretary to Governor, and officials from Assam Rifles attended the meeting, among others. The deputy commissioner of five border districts also attended the review meeting via video conference.
Another official said that the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) stepped up India-Myanmar border fencing work near Moreh town in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district last year. The fencing work would be done in a phase-wise manner, he said.
The border fencing work was undertaken by “Project Sewak”, which is looking after road construction in Nagaland and Manipur. The “Project Sewak” headquarters is in Nagaland’s Dimapur, the officer said. (IANS)
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