Porous borders, patchy checks, web of roads: Gaps exploited to slip into Myanmar via Mizoram

While checks are conducted at airports and along some major highways leading towards the Myanmar border, these remain limited. They are difficult to implement across the extensive network of smaller roads and village-level entry points, where monitoring is logistically challenging and, in many cases, impossible, multiple sources told ThePrint. “It is a significant challenge to verify whether every tourist—Indians, who require an Inner Line Permit (ILP), and foreigners, who need a Protected Area Permit (PAP), are carrying the necessary documents before entering the state,” said a source. “There are numerous internal routes through which one can enter Mizoram from Assam,…