Mizroam to boost online ILP as Bairabi-Sairang line nears completion
Aizawl: A meeting chaired by Mizoram CM Lalduhoma on Monday discussed about streamlining of online Inner Line Permit (ILP) mechanism and raising of railway police to man six proposed railway stations in the state as the Bairabi-Sairang 51.38km railway project is expected to be commissioned by July.
The meeting reviewed the new ILP guidelines and suggestions for additional provisions as well as operating online ILP Phase-2 and crackdown on the non-tribals who overstay the period of their ILPs. The issue of raising railway police was also deliberated in the meeting.
It was reported in the meeting that the state department of personnel & administrative reforms (DP&AR) had approved raising the railway police and creation of posts for the purpose.
Home minister K Sapdanga told TOI that initiatives have been taken encouraging the youths of the state to join the Railway Protection Force (RPF) or the Govt Railway Police (GRP) so that they can be deployed at the railway stations in the state.
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