Overview
- The curfew runs from 8:00 PM to 6:00 AM for two months starting August 21, 2025, within 1 kilometre of the zero line.
- District Magistrate Rosetta Mary Kurbah issued the order citing a likelihood of movement from Bangladesh by ‘unwanted elements’.
- The directive prohibits attempts to cross the boundary, unlawful assemblies of five or more people, and carrying arms or other lethal weapons near the border.
- Smuggling of named items is banned, including cattle, betelnut, betel leaves, dry fish, bidis, cigarettes, and tea leaves.
- Meghalaya shares a 443-km border with Bangladesh, of which 367.155 km is fenced, according to Press Information Bureau data.