Around 400 additional personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) have been airlifted to the violence-hit Manipur, officials said.
BSF, CRPF Deployment Increased In Violence-Hit Manipur
The additional central armed forces personnel were brought to Manipur in a C 130J and A 321 aircraft. Discussions have begun in Manipur over fencing of an additional 70 km of the India-Myanmar international border that lies in the state.
Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on September 24 initiated discussions on fencing of the additional 70 km India-Myanmar border.
He held a meeting with the officials of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) and “deliberated the plan to begin construction of an additional 70 km of border fencing along the Indo-Myanmar border”.
“In view of the rise in illegal immigration and drugs smuggling from the neighbouring country (Myanmar), safeguarding our porous borders has become an urgent necessity,” said CM Biren Singh.