Newmai News Network
Aizawl | April 19
The Mizoram police on Sunday reviewed security situation along the inter-state and international borders in the wake of novel Coronavirus pandemic.
Mizoram Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) LH Shanliana, who presided the review meeting, said that about 700 policemen are keeping vigil in at least 135 duty posts along the inter-state and international borders to prevent public movement across the border.
The police officer then said that about 2,000 volunteers from various village level task forces are keeping vigil at 198 entry points along the inter-state and international borders.
Mizoram shares inter-state boundary with Assam, Manipur and Tripura and also a 722 km unfenced international borders with Bangladesh and Myanmar.
According to Shanliana, the state police has stepped up further measures to protect state borders and maintain law and order in the state.
He then said that more than 2,500 policemen are maintaining round-the-clock vigil to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus.
“15 senior officers are tasked with contact tracing and a total of 1,776 policemen have been deployed in at least 182 duty posts across the state exclusively for law and order,” he added.
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