KOLKATA: The Border Safety Drive on Friday stated its “sturdy objection” has led to the stopping of “unlawful” development by Bangladeshi residents and its frontier pressure alongside the Worldwide Border in West Bengal, a phenomenon that’s “growing” in latest instances. The North Bengal frontier of the pressure headquartered in Kadamtala, Siliguri, issued a press assertion, saying “Though Bangladesh is consistently attempting to hold out development work within the border space via unlawful means, BSF’s vigilant eyes had been all the time keeping track of their unlawful actions and taking strict motion.” The frontier guards 932 km out of the 4,096 India-Bangladesh Worldwide Border (IB).
The frontier stated, “In latest instances, there was a rise in unlawful development work by Bangladeshi residents on the Worldwide Border adjoining Mekhliganj in Coochbehar inside 150 yards of the IB in Bangladesh areas.” On Friday, a case of development of a sentry submit bunker, inside 150 yards of the IB, by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) within the space of Dahgram Angarpota additionally got here to gentle, which the BGB has been “compelled to cease” after “sturdy opposition” from the BSF, it stated.
Aside from this, an “unlawful” home was being constructed inside 150 yards of the IB in Phulkadabari, Mekhliganj. The BGB needed to cease that too after sturdy objection from the BSF, it stated. Final week, as per the pressure, Bangladeshis had been attempting to construct two “unlawful” homes inside 150 yards of the IB within the Jhikabari space of Kuchlibari in Coochbehar.
“This was stopped by the BGB after the BSF’s sturdy objection. The BSF is consistently monitoring the border via its troopers and is foiling the makes an attempt of unlawful development and smuggling by Bangladeshis,” it stated. The BSF has been sustaining an “alert” stance all alongside this border for the reason that fall of the Sheikh Hasina authorities in August 2024. Senior officers of the pressure have earlier stated that their relations with the BGB are good.
The ties between India and Bangladesh have been tense after the 2 nations summoned one another’s Excessive Commissioners of their nationwide capitals someday again. Whereas Bangladesh expressed its concern over the “actions” of the BSF vis-a-vis fence erection and border killings throughout their assembly with the Indian Excessive Commissioner, India made it clear to the appearing Bangladeshi Excessive Commissioner in Delhi that each one laid down protocols had been being adopted whereas setting up the fence.
Early this week, Bangladesh’s interim authorities stated in Dhaka that it will search to scrap some “uneven agreements” on borders with India in the course of the assembly of the administrators normal of the border guards (BSF and BGB) of the 2 nations to be held subsequent month.
