Some local people in
the Myanmar-Bangladesh border areas want an upgraded barbed-wire fence at the
border of the two countries.
It is learnt that there
are big holes on the current fence near border posts 796, 1065 and 1180,
allowing anyone to pass through easily. "The border fence is easily
destroyed by those who want to go to the neighbouring country and come back to
Myanmar. If possible, we want a higher concrete wall so that the rule of law
can be maintained and trans-border crimes can be prevented,” said U Maung Oo
Tha, a town elder in Maungtaw.
Maungtaw in Rakhine
State shares 128.75 miles of land boundary and 39.82 miles of water boundary
with Bangladesh.
A border fence of
barbed wire 10 feet high and about 38.108 miles long was constructed 150 feet
away from the Zero Line at the mouth of Kongchaung Creek in southern Maungtaw
to border post BP32 in 2009. Another barbed-wire fence 36.66 miles long from BP
32 to BP 54 was constructed in 2012 and yet another fence from BP 54 to 66 in
2014. But the border line from BP 66 to BP 67 was left unfenced because it is
an area covered with deep forests that includes an inhabited area.
"We have reported
to the Ministry of Home Affairs about the damaged fences, which will allocate
funds for the upgrading of the fence. We will upgrade the border fence in
accordance with the budget allocation of the ministry. But everything depends
on the budget allocation," said an official who was involved in the
erection of the fence at its first stage.
Maung Po Zaw (MNA)
Ref; The Global New
Light of Myanmar
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