The Union Home Ministry on March 10 asked all bordering states in the Northeast and paramilitary forces on the border with Myanmar to take steps to check the influx of Myanmarese.
The government appealed to the people of Mizoram to avoid bursting crackers as pollution caused by such activities could exacerbate conditions of COVID-19 patients and people suffering from other respiratory diseases.
The border dispute between Mizoram and Assam flared up on October 9 after a farm hut and plantations were damaged on the disputed land near Thinghlun village in west Mizoram’s Mamit district.
The Hmar Students’ Association (HSA) on Thursday urged the Centre to immediately set up a Supreme Court-monitored Boundary Commission to address the border dispute
The ban order of the Mizoram government follows the notification of Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry, which directed states to ban these substances.
The MP said raising a Mizo regiment or Mizoram Rifles will be in the interest of national security as Mizoram is located in the international boundary.
The Mizoram Home department said it had requested the Survey of India to facilitate a joint spot verification involving both the Mizoram and Tripura governments to resolve the dispute.
