<p>Guwahati: The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) will fence a major portion of the strategic India-Myanmar border, and a 10-km stretch in Manipur has already been covered, a senior official said.</p>.<p>The Ministry of Home Affairs has identified around 1,700 km of fencing that needs to be done, BRO’s Additional Director General (East) PKH Singh said.</p>.<p>The organisation has already finished fencing 10 km along the border in Manipur’s Moreh, which was handed over to the Assam Rifles, Singh told <em>PTI</em> in an interview.</p>.<p>Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently said the Centre has decided that the India-Myanmar border will be protected by barbed fencing like the India-Bangladesh border, and the government was rethinking the free movement agreement with Myanmar.</p>.Wont allow to fence the border with Myanmar, end FMR: Naga rebel group NSCN-IM .<p>Four Indian states – Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram – share a 1,643-km border with Myanmar.</p>.<p>Singh said that the next 80-km stretch in Manipur has also been identified and the detailed project report (DPR) submitted to the ministry.</p>.<p>Fencing the remaining 250 km, along with its approach roads, is in the planning stage with the DPR under preparation.</p>.<p>“The fencing of the India-Myanmar border is an important project for the BRO, which is now coming up in Moreh. The area around this border has been unfenced since long, and there was a need to check the activities around it,” the ADG said.</p>.<p>Singh said that the BRO has a long-term roll-out plan of nearly Rs 30,000 crore in the northeast over the next five years, and out of this, almost two-thirds is focused on Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.</p>.<p>The organisation was earlier involved in fencing the India-Bangladesh border along with the BSF, he said.</p>
<p>Guwahati: The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) will fence a major portion of the strategic India-Myanmar border, and a 10-km stretch in Manipur has already been covered, a senior official said.</p>.<p>The Ministry of Home Affairs has identified around 1,700 km of fencing that needs to be done, BRO’s Additional Director General (East) PKH Singh said.</p>.<p>The organisation has already finished fencing 10 km along the border in Manipur’s Moreh, which was handed over to the Assam Rifles, Singh told <em>PTI</em> in an interview.</p>.<p>Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently said the Centre has decided that the India-Myanmar border will be protected by barbed fencing like the India-Bangladesh border, and the government was rethinking the free movement agreement with Myanmar.</p>.Wont allow to fence the border with Myanmar, end FMR: Naga rebel group NSCN-IM .<p>Four Indian states – Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram – share a 1,643-km border with Myanmar.</p>.<p>Singh said that the next 80-km stretch in Manipur has also been identified and the detailed project report (DPR) submitted to the ministry.</p>.<p>Fencing the remaining 250 km, along with its approach roads, is in the planning stage with the DPR under preparation.</p>.<p>“The fencing of the India-Myanmar border is an important project for the BRO, which is now coming up in Moreh. The area around this border has been unfenced since long, and there was a need to check the activities around it,” the ADG said.</p>.<p>Singh said that the BRO has a long-term roll-out plan of nearly Rs 30,000 crore in the northeast over the next five years, and out of this, almost two-thirds is focused on Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.</p>.<p>The organisation was earlier involved in fencing the India-Bangladesh border along with the BSF, he said.</p>