Kohima: Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has said that the state machinery is on the alert to cope with the state borders and said plans are taken to set up battalion camps at strategic locations along the border were doing the rounds.
Replying to a question of NPF MLA Dr Chumben Murry, who sought to know on the reported plan of Assam Chief Minister of deploying state police forces along the Nagaland-Assam border, Deputy Chief Minister Yanthungo Patton said that there is no official communication regarding the same, however, the state government has also strengthened its manpower at Vikuto, Aosenden and Tsutapela Gate in order to counter any fresh attempts made by Assam to establish new Border Outposts. The state machinery is alert and prepared to offset any moves made by Assam, he added.
Leader of Opposition T R Zeliang, who joined the discussion on the issue, said, that State had committed a lot of mistakes in the past.
