In another notification, the ministry has also authoriesed a checkpst in Mizoram for entry into or exit from India with valid travel documents for all classes of passengers to or from Bangladesh.
The central government has approved two immigration check posts along the borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh, in view of the ongoing violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, which has triggered an influx of Rohingya Muslims and illegal Bangladeshi immigrants into India.
The move will also facilitate legal entries and exits. India shares a 1,643-km border with Myanmar which touches Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram. The country also shares 4,096 km of border with Bangladesh, touching Assam, Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya and West Bengal.
The Union Home Ministry said in a gazette notification that the central government has designated Zorinpui land check post in Lawngtlai district of Mizoram as an authorised immigration check post for entry or exit with valid travel documents for all classes of passengers to or from Myanmar.
In another notification, the ministry designated Kawrpuichhuah land check post in Lunglei district of Mizoram as an authorised immigration check post for entry into or exit from India with valid travel documents for all classes of passengers to or from Bangladesh.
The border post at Zorinpui situated in Lawngtlai district in Mizoram forms an important link for the upcoming Kaladan Multi-Modal Project. It is 287 km away from the deep sea port India is building up at Sittwe, which is also the capital of Rakhine. Construction of a road between Kaletwa and Paletwa (129 km) and development of Inland Water Transport between Kaletwa-Paletwa and Sittwe Port (158 km) are being undertaken for commercial utilisation of Zorinpui post.
The Kawrpuichhuah integrated border check post (ICP) which came up at a cost of Rs 27 crore is situated along a riverine border with Bangladesh.
An agreement on Zorinpui was included in the joint statement issued during the visit of the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Myanmar in May, 2012. Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Myanmar on September 5 had also committed to accentuate work on the connectivity project.
In view of the ongoing violence in Rakhine and an outflow of Rohingya Muslims, a Central team including Joint Secretary (Northeast) Satyendra Garg and Special Secretary (International Security) Rina Mitra visited the area to review the security situation along India's border with Myanmar. They said, so far not a single report of mass exodus and influx of illegal immigrants from the neighbouring borders has come to the notice of border guards, who are keeping strict vigil to maintain security. Sources say, the 40,000 odd Rohingya refugees are not part of any recent influx, but have been accumulated since 1982.
"The latest move by the Union Home Ministry to open the new immigration check points is a bid to ensure that no illegal migrants enter India, and that only those who have valid travel documents and visas are allowed to enter or exit from these border entry points," officials here said.
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