The porous border is a haven for smugglers, with items like drugs, betel nuts, teak wood and red sandalwood being smuggled. Stakeholders in the lucrative practice are opposing the fence
Brigadier laiphrakpam ibotombi singh (retd)(those who have voiced against indo-myanmar border fencing have their hidden agendas as they are directly or indirectly benefitting from drug trafficking, human trafficking and other illegal trades)on feb 8, 2024