House-to-house survey to check illegal immigrants in Manipur soon, says CM N Biren Singh

A house-to-house survey would be conducted soon to check influx of illegal immigrants in the state and legal action could be taken against anyhouseowner found renting out or housing illegal foreigners, CM NBiren Singhhas said.

Saying the has also already announced 1961 as the Base Year for the ILP Act, the CM said the government will soon launch its mechanism to trace foreigners, including face recognition cameras, apps, to regulate entry and exit.

Earlier,the government had identified and arrested around 613 illegal violators and they have been booked accordingly. The main worry is that most of these violators are fromBangladeshwhile some are from Myanmar.