Nueva Delhi: The Government told Lok Sabha on Tuesday that 864.5 km of the total of 4,096.7 km of the Earth’s border of India-Bangladesh, have not yet been surrounded, which includes 174.5 km of non-feasible gap, in a written response to the question of the Trinamool MP Deepak Adhikari Congress.
The deputy of the West Bengal, who shares the longest border with Bangladesh, had asked the Interior Ministry about the details of the total land that involves the border area with Bangladesh; The details of the states that share the Earth’s border with Bangladesh; The details of the total length of the Earth’s border with Bangladesh not covered by the fencing; and the reasons for not being the terrestrial border with Bangladesh.
In response, Junior Interior Minister Nityanand Rai told the Chamber that the total duration of the border between India-Bangladesh is 4.096.7 km. The states that share terrestrial border with Bangladesh are western Bengal (2,216.7 km), Assam (263 km), Meghalaya (443 km), Tripura (856 km) and Mizoram (318 km), he added.
“A length of 864.5 km from the border between India-Bangladesh has not yet been surrounded, which includes a length of 174.5 km of non-feasible gap,” said the minister. In incomplete fences, Rai said: “The Earth’s border with Bangladesh remains partially without being due to challenges such as difficult land such as marshes and areas prone to landslides.” He added that “the objections of the border guard Bangladesh (BGB), limited work seasons and delays in land acquisition” were responsible for fencing not to be completed.
