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Govt committed to protecting borders

By The Assam Tribune

NEW DELHI, Dec 6 - With influx of Rohingyas and Bangladeshis becoming major concerns, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today the government is committed to securing the country�s borders with all neighbouring countries.

Singh will chair a meeting of chief ministers of states bordering Bangladesh in Kolkata tomorrow. �The Centre is committed to securing India�s border with all neighbouring countries,� he said before leaving for Kolkata.

The meeting, called by the Home Minister, would discuss the influx of Rohingya and Bangladeshi immigrants,�and explore ways to check it, a�Home Ministry official said.

Chief ministers of West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram are expected to attend the meeting.

India shares a 4,096 km-long border with Bangladesh of which�2,217 km falls in West Bengal, 262 km in Assam, 443 km in�Meghalaya, 856 km in Tripura and 180 km in Mizoram.

This would be the fourth meeting of the chief ministers of�states, which share international borders, called by the home minister.

Three separate meetings of chief ministers of states sharing borders with Pakistan, China and Myanmar, were held�earlier.

The meeting in Kolkata is also expected to chalk out plans on how to check cross-border smuggling of fake Indian currency notes, narcotics and other illegal activities, the�official said.

According to an official estimate, around 36,000 Rohingyas are currently�living in various parts of India. � PTI

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