Six NE states seal borders with Assam

Six NE states seal borders with Assam

Six north-eastern States sealed the inter-state borders andbarred the general entry from Assam. Assam shares 2,743-km inter-stateboundaries with Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura,Meghalaya and West Bengal.

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, who holds both theHealth and Home Departments, while holding a meeting to review the preparednessto deal with the COVID-19 issues, strongly asked the officials to maintain ahighest vigil along the inter-state borders with Assam and Mizoram.

In Shillong, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma saidthat the inter-district movements have been stopped by the Union Home Ministry,there was no question of allowing any movement within the State and from otherStates.

However, except travelling by train, people from Guwahatiand other parts of Assam have to pass through Meghalaya's Shillong, Jowai andKhliehriat to go to southern Assam, comprising five districts.

In Kohima, the Nagaland government has sealed the state'sborders with Assam along Wokha district (western Nagaland) with immediateeffect, in the wake of increasing positive COVID-19 cases in Assam.

In Mizoram, the State government has further tightened thesecurity along its inter-state borders with Assam, Manipur and Tripurafollowing the spike in coronavirus positive cases in neighbouring states.

In Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khanduduring a review meeting asked the police department to keep vigil of the porousborder with Assam besides strict monitoring of all 22 official entry gates toprevent any suspicious access.

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