Sunday, May 20, 2012

Porous border leading to increasing narco-terrorism:Mizoram CM

Narco-terrorism have increased in Mizoram due to the porous 404-km-long international border it shares with Myanmar, Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla said today.

To tackle the menace, he said in a statement, security forces deployed in the border area should be strengthened.

In a meeting with Adviser to Prime Minister T K A Nair here last evening, Lal Thanhawla emphasised the need for upgradation of telecom services in border areas.

Mizoram hosted around one lakh Chin migrants from Myanmar, he said, adding that the Centre should provide more fund for better infrastructure development.

Nair, who visited Mizoram ahead of the PM's visit to Myanmar, also went to Indo-Myanmar border trade centre at Zokhawthar.