Govt orders sealing Indo-B'desh border in Assam
Home Minister Rajnath Singh has ordered the complete sealing of Indo-Bangladesh border in Assam by June 2017 to check illegal immigration. This follows Assam’s newly elected Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal's electoral pledge of sealing the said border within two years. The total length of the Indo-Bangladesh border is 4,096 km, of which 284 km falls in Assam.