MOREH, Aug 26 � A high-level State Committee led by Principal Secretary (Home) Dr J Suresh Babu on Monday visited the border town of Moreh to take stock of the situation arising out of the allegations that Myanmarese troops are preparing to set up a temporary camp inside Indian land claiming the area lay within their country.
On arriving at the border town,110 km south of Imphal in Chandel district this morning, the Committee members inspected different locations of the ongoing border fencing construction sites including the controversial Govajang village which is feared to be divided by the fence.
�How can our village be divided all of a sudden by the so- called fencing?� demanded S Kipgen (70), of Govajang village.
The Centre in consultation with the State Government has started to build the border fence measuring around 10 km at Moreh along the porous Indo-Myanmar border.
According to the villagers, about 10 houses out of 25 in the village, including a church, will go to Myanmar once the fencing comes into existence. In view of the development, the authority has stopped the ongoing construction works at Govajang.
The visiting team also visited the Holenphai village, about 2 km away from Moreh to verify the allegations that Myanmarese troops are preparing to set up a temporary camp within the village land.
Later, the Principal Secretary (Home) said that they are here to take stock of the situation and submit a report to the authorities for further steps.
Meanwhile, the newly floated Committee on Protection of Land in Border Fencing (CPLBF) has demanded a joint border survey along the 398 km Manipur sector of the Indo-Myanmar border involving State, Centre and Mynanmar authorities. Demanding inclusion of their representatives in conducting a joint survey of Manipur sector of the Indo-Myanmar international border, the CPLBF threatened to launch various forms of agitation if the authorities concerned failed to fulfill the aspirations of the indigenous people.
The CPI Manipur unit had also asked the State Government to immediately stop the fencing work along the international border in Manipur without resolving the dispute over the boundary between India and Myanmar.
