Indian traders dropped their plans to launch a protest from Monday after Myanmar assured to protect Indians entering the country. The traders also decided to lift the and community leaders who had sealed off the international border in protest against the gruesome murder of two Sikh traders last month have decided to lift it.
A meeting of the community leaders and prominent traders was held on Monday at the office of Balaram who is the immigration officer at Moreh, the border town. At the end of the meeting the traders agreed to call off the agitations.
the Myanmarese government has announced that it will recognise the voters identity cards and the aadhar cards of the Indian citizens. The Indian traders and tourists will be allowed to enter the country and go up to Tamu about 30 km away from the international border on the production of these documents . Earlier the Myanmarese authority had honoured driving licences and any identification papers issued by the state and the central governments of India. As a part of beefing up the security measures now the Myanmarese authority insists on the two documents.
These documents will be collected at the Immigration gate of Myanmar at Namphalong across the international gate for verification. Photostat copies will be handed over to the traders and tourists. The original copies will be verified by the personnel of 9 Assam Rifles located near the international border. A visitor to Myanmar has to obtain the entry pass by paying Rs 10 . The holder of this pass can go up to Tamu. He or she can move around Tamu within a radius of 5 km. The pass is valid from 7 am till 3 pm. Anyone who hangs around later than 3 pm will be liable to prosecution. In the past even journalists were detained.
In view of these developments the community leaders at Moreh had decided to lift the agitations.
