Imphal, April 10 -- The Union government, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been urged to improve road infrastructure and integrated check posts along the Indo-Myanmar border in Manipur's Kamjong district.

Seeking the central government's assistance came to the public when Manipur's Phungyar assembly constituency MLA Leishiyo Keishing, a Naga leader submitted a representation to the Union Minister of State (MoS) for Defence Sanjay Seth.

The Union Minister was on his two-day visit to Kamjong, a small town sharing a border with Myanmar. Kamjong district covers 2,400 sq km and shares a 120 km international border with Myanmar. It is home to 126 villages and a population of 45,616.

In the memorandum, Leishiyo Keishing noted that ...