India has opened immigration check post along the border of northeastern state of Mizoram with Bangladesh, says a gazette notice of its government.
The Kawrpuichhuah land check post in Mizoram’s Lunglei will be an authorised immigration post for all passengers to or from Bangladesh, our New Delhi correspondent reports.Kawarpuchiah is situated along a riverine border with Bangladesh.
India and Bangladesh share a 4,096-km-long border which touches Indian states of Assam, Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya and West Bengal.
In a separate notification, the Indian Home Ministry designated remote Zorinpui land check post in Lawngtlai 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 Myanmar.
Zorinpui was selected for a new land custom station along the India-Myanmar border in Mizoram for the Kaladan multi-modal transport project.
Zorinpui is 287 km away from Sittwe Port in Myanmar where India is building the Kaladan multi-modal project. 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
India shares a 1,643-km-long border with Myanmar which touches north eastern Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram.
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