Posts Tagged ‘Border’

Crabs exported to China now reach there more by airway than across the border. Formerly, crabs were transported to China mostly via the Muse Border Trade Camp, said an official of the Fisheries Department. Similarly, Myawaddy Border Trade Camp, which was third in the volume of export crabs in the past, has declined to the fourth position. The third position has been taken by soft crab ... Full story

The number of merchants plying between Myawaddy (Myanmar) and Maesok (Thailand) has significantly increased.  The situation is favourable to merchants as the value of Myanmar kyats has gone up and Thai products are available at cheap prices amidst lax border checks, a merchant commented. The commodities coming into Myanmar from Thailand include petrol, diesel oil, engine oil, construction materials, cement, iron rods, marble slabs, toilet bowls, ... Full story

Agartala, Dec 20 (IANS) India will invest Rs.1,666 crore (Rs.16.66 billion) to develop highways in Tripura and Mizoram to improve connectivity of the landlocked northeastern states with Bangladesh and Myanmar, an official said here Sunday. “The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure (CCI) gave clearance for four-laning of the National Highway 44 (from Shillong) up to Tripura’s southern most border town of Sabroom,” a senior government official tols ... Full story

Imphal, December 14 2009: The first phase fencing work at the international border with Myanmar will start from January next year. In the first phase 10 kilometer long borderline at Moreh will be fenced with barb wire. The project for fencing the Indo-Myanmar border at Moreh aimed at checking cross border movement of undergrounds, drug smugglers and other anti-social elements. The ground work for the fencing has started. In ... Full story

Imphal: A Bangladeshi national, who did not have valid travel documents, has been arrested from a place in Manipur's Chandel district bordering Myanmar, official sources said today. Personnel of the 29th Assam Rifles battalion nabbed Amir Ahmed (25) during frisking at security check post of Tengnoupal area, about 110 km of here. The sources ... Full story