India, Feb. 26 -- Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday chaired a meeting of the Land Ports Authority of India, a statutory body functioning under the ministry responsible for creating, upgrading, maintaining and managing border infrastructure.

The meeting took place in Kishanganj district of Bihar, where Shah arrived on the first leg of his three-day tour of the Seemanchal region, falling in the state's north-east, bordering Nepal and West Bengal.

He is also likely to hold a meeting with officials of the departments responsible for guarding the porous border with Nepal. "The Union Home Minister is likely to brief officials on measures needed for putting a check on smuggling of drugs," Bihar DGP Vinay Kumar had said on Tuesday, and circu...