6 countries including America, Britain have banned travel to a state of India

America and Britain are two of six countries that have put travel bans on their citizens for Assam and the rest of the Northeast. Actually, this action has been taken because of the law and order situation in the Northeast. On Tuesday, Assam Tourism Minister Ranjit Kumar Das told the Assembly this. Tourism Minister Das was replying to the question of Congress MLA Rakibuddin Ahmed.

These countries that have imposed travel bans include America, Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Canada, and Switzerland. In the meantime, the minister said the tourism department on behalf of the state government is in touch with the Ministry of External Affairs to get this ban removed by these countries.

At the same time, the minister said that these 6 countries have taken this decision in view of the law and order situation. This ban has been imposed for Assam as well as other northeastern states. He said a high-level team from Australia had recently visited Assam to consider this aspect.