Overview
- A joint 40-member team of Assam Rifles, Manipur police, district officials and medical staff carried out identity checks and biometric enrolment in Phaikoh, Shangkhalok and Aloyo, registering about 500 people on Tuesday.
- The operation is described as Phase II of Operation Anchor and shifts work from Phase I border hardening measures such as electronic surveillance, intensified patrolling and targeted fencing to interior population accounting.
- Officials say the new centralised database will remove anonymity, let the civil administration deliver medical and humanitarian relief more transparently, and provide verified records for Union and state policy and internal-security decisions.
- The drive highlights coordinated civil‑military action along an unfenced, sensitive stretch of the India–Myanmar border and uses biometric data to track who has taken temporary shelter inside Kamjong district.
- The enrolment builds on similar biometric exercises in neighbouring Mizoram since July 2025 and could affect how authorities allocate aid, monitor movements and plan further border governance measures.