๐๐ง๐๐จ-๐๐ฒ๐๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ : ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ & ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐
Mizoramโs apex student organisation, Mizo Zirlai Pawl (MZP), and the Zo Reunification Organisation (ZORO) jointly Demonstrated and wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging the Centre to reconsider plans to fence the Indo-Myanmar border.The protest opposed the Centreโs proposed fencing along theย Indo-Myanmar border.
In the joint representation submitted through state Governorย Vijay Kumar Singh, the organisations stated that the proposed border fencing, if implemented, could cause social and cultural disruption by physically and psychologically separating closely related ethnic communities that share customs, traditions, and familial bonds across the border.
They highlighted that the Zo, or Mizo, people share a common origin, history, culture, language, and social system that predates the demarcation of the current international boundary.
โEven as administrative borders were introduced during the colonial period and formalised post-independence, our social, cultural, familial, and economic relationships have continued peacefully across the border,โ the memorandum stated.
The organisations also warned that the fencing could negatively affect the livelihoods of people on both sides, as they heavily depend on small-scale traditional trade, agriculture, and customary cross-border interactions.
Fencing the border would also impact family ties, community networks, and the overall emotional and social well-being of indigenous people living in frontier areas.
The memorandum acknowledged the Central Governmentโs duty to secure the border but urged using community-friendly, consultative measures that protect indigenous social systems.
The memorandum further reminded the Centre of its adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), which affirms the rights of indigenous communities, particularly those divided by international borders, to maintain cultural, social, and economic relations.
