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Indo-Burma barrier

Burma with India to the west

The Indo-Burma barrier is a border barrier that India is constructing to

seal its 1,624-kilometer (1,009 mi)-long border with Burma. India hopes

to curtail cross-border crime, including goods, arms and counterfeit

Indian currency smuggling, drug trafficking, and insurgency. The United

Nations Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) and International Narcotics

Control Board (INCB) also warned about the poor state of border security

facilities stating that the region could become a major transit point for

illicit drugs. During the years 2001-2003, Indian security forces blamed

the porous border for 200 security personnel and civilian deaths in

militancy-related violence in the region. Four Northeast Indian states

share the border with Burma: Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram

and Manipur. Both governments agreed to conduct a joint survey before

erecting the fence. The Indian Home Ministry and its Burmese

counterpart completed the survey within six months and in March 2003

began erecting a fence along the border.

Local protests

In 2004, fencing work in the state of Manipur along the border was

stalled due to protests raised by the local Tangkhul, Kuki, and Naga

communities. According to them, a huge stretch of land would become

Burmas territory and foment unrest among people living on both sides of

the border. The protests from people living in the Moreh, Chorokhunou,and Molchan areas forced the Home Ministry to refer the matter to the

Manipur government.

This fence will divide many ethnic communities, including the Lushei, Nagas, Chins, and Kukis whose lands

straddle the regions between the two states. It is thus a highly sensitive issue.

In 2007 it was reported that in the state of Manipur, a boundary dispute arose with ownership of nine border pillars

being disputed.

References

External links

Mizzima News: India proposes border fencing to Burma - Mungpi; March 14, 2007 (http://www.burmanet.org/

news/2007/03/14/mizzima-news-india-proposes-border-fencing-to-burma-mungpi/)

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