ENQUIRER
|
NORTH
EAST ENQUIRER |
| Headlines Vol. 3 Issue No. 29 | June 7-21, 2005 |
Tripura all-party team in capital An all-party team from Tripura drew the attention of Central Government to the plight of the people living along the Indo-Bangla border. The team demand adequate compensation for people living in the border areas, who are affected by the ongoing fencing to check trans-border movement.The all-party delegation also sought protection for farmers in the border areas during the harvest season. More than 7,500 families would be affected or have to be shifted in view of the fencing work along the 856-km-long Indo-Bangla border in Tripura.Official sources said 737 km of the total of 856 km border would be fenced by 2007. Fencing work had already been completed in little over 250 km, and was currently under way along a 200 km stretch, which would be completed very soon, they added. The Tripura Assembly recently decided to send the all-party team led by state's Revenue and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Keshab Majumder, to New Delhi. The Assembly passed a resolution demanding adequate compensation to about 7,500 Indian nationals, already displaced by the fencing project. At least six sub-divisional headquarters, numerous government institutions, temples and assets are just on the border, while huge areas of paddy fields of India will be on the other side of the fencing, if the fence continues to be erected. It is being raised 150 yards from the zero point of the international border.It may be mentioned here that during his visit to Tripura on January 30, Mr Patil also visited the border to oversee the fencing work, which was being done by six government agencies. The agencies were -- Central Public Works Department, National Building Construction Corporation, National Project Construction Corporation, Border Road Organisations, Tripura Public Works Department and Engineers India Limited. Meanwhile, the Bangladesh Government and its Border guards had raised objection to the border fencing in more than 100 places along the border with Tripura. They said India was raising the fencing within 150-yards of the border, violating the 1975 Indo-Bangla border guidelines. On a number of occasions, the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) had fired on border fencing workers to stop the work, leading to serious tension between the two countries along the border. India, on a number of occasions, held meetings with Bangladesh to clarify that, in most places, border fencing had been erected beyond 150 yards from the zero lines. India also communicated to Bangladesh that in few places, there were markets, temples, roads and other assets within 150 yards from the border, forcing some adjustments in the distance. Tripura| North East Enquirer (Headlines) | Nena Home Page | |
Your Visit No
Since April 20, 2000