IMPHAL, August 2 NNN: The Manipur People’s Party (MPP) has on Friday urged the Prime Minister to take steps to immediately halt the current works on Indo-Myanmar border fencing, stating that a vast area of Manipur on the Indian side has been encroached by Myanmar in the process.
An 11-member team of MPP visited the surrounding villages in the disputed Indo-Myanmar border area in Manipur’s Chandel district from July 31 to August 2 to oversee the present status of the Indo-Myanmar border fencing, now in dispute between the two neighbouring countries and to have an actual report on the international border line that has been reportedly constructed by encroaching as much as 10 km into the Indian side. India and Myanmar share a 369 km long border.
So far, about 10 km of the 369 km long Indo-Myanmar border fencing works has been completed, MPP president N Sovakiran told reporters here. He said the construction of the fence began from 2003-2004.
Nine villages of Chandel district have been taken away by Myanmar in the fence construction process, Sovakiran said, naming the villages as Govajang, Yangnoi, B Bongjang, Morphei, Nungkam, Saitang, Tatyang, Yangoupokpi and S Moljol.
The MPP president demanded that the Chief Minister should disclose on the mass crossing of border land by Myanmar to the people of Manipur as has promised to the people that a single inch of land would not be given to the neighbouring country.
He pledged that the party with the support and cooperation of the people will launch agitation against the Centre and state Governments if the Prime Minister of India Dr Manmohan Singh fails to stop the ongoing fence construction works.
The11-member MPP team included its general secretary N Singhajit and the party’s Working Committee’s member, N Ojit, MPP Youth president Ronel, who were also present at the press meet.
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