Indo-Bangla border: Fencing forces thousands in no man's land

Shakeb Ayaz
New Delhi, Jan 31 (PTI) Fencing at the Indo-Bangladesh
border has pushed thousands of Indians in the 'no man's zone',
even as the fenced villagers complain of lack of basic
amenities and curbs on their movement in the Indian mainland,
official documents have said.

Fencing at the border to check infiltration from
Bangladesh into India is supposed to be done 150 yards (137
metre) away from the zero line, which is not followed at many
places and is done about a kilometre away from it, thus
leaving precious Indian land on the Bangladesh side.
"It has been brought to the notice...that National
Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) and National Projects
Construction Corporation (NPCC) have been constructing the
composite type fencing...without taking any care for the
distance of the fencing from the zero line," Deputy
Commissioner Karimganj M Angamuthu said in a note (dated:
18-05-2009)on the 'Status of Indo-Bangladesh Border Road Cum
Fencing in Karimganj district (Assam), citing irregularities
adopted in the fencing procedure.
"The existing border cum-fencing...was constructed at
varying distance of about 900 mts, 700 mts, 500 mts and 300
mts from the zero line of the international border and at some
place fencing was constructed at about 400 mts to 1000 mts
away," the note added.
"Due to this a huge number of families have fallen
outside of the fencing and a huge quantum of Indian land has
fallen in 'no man's zone', Angamuthu's note said. (More) PTI
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