KOHIMA: The Tenyimi Union Nagaland (TUN) has raised serious concerns about the recently amended Free Movement Regime (FMR) guidelines along the Indo-Myanmar border, seeking the Government of India to review and withdraw the restriction.
The new guidelines restrict cross-border travel to a 10-kilometer radius, shorten the validity of border passes to seven days, and implement a multilayered identity verification system for cross-border travelers.
Such restrictions will seriously hamper the lives of the Naga populace living along the border and will stifle economic, social, and cultural interaction between the people on both sides, cautioned the TUN.
This is not the first time the TUN has sounded the alarm over border limitations. Earlier, they had objected to the proposed border fencing, claiming it would be detrimental to Naga communities.
The TUN is now calling on the Indian government to act upon the request of the Naga stakeholders on the negotiating table and not take any steps that affect their ancestral land.
Meanwhile, earlier this month, the Tenyimi Union Nagaland (TUN), an apex body of five major tribes in Nagaland, opposed the central government's decision to fence the Indo-Myanmar border, claiming that it would have a "devastating" impact on the Naga people, their livelihoods, and their cultural ties.
TUN, which was the apex body of five tribes—Angami, Chakhesang, Pochury, Rengma, and Zeliang—stated that fencing the Indo-Myanmar border would disrupt economic lifelines, isolate communities, break vital connections, and restrict access to education and healthcare.
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