05-02-2007, 09:27 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Hasten fencing on Bangla border </b>
Akhilesh Suman | New Delhi
... MP panel tells Govt to buy land, if necessary
A Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs has asked the Government to buy land falling within 150 yards of some areas of the Indo-Bangladesh Border to remove bottlenecks in completing fencing of the border.
The committee has also recommended that the Indian settlers in those areas should be fully rehabilitated and compensated.
Expressing concern over continued illegal migration from Bangladesh, the committee has also asked the Government to finish the border fencing at the earliest.
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>In its recommendation, the committee headed by BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sushma Swaraj expressed unhappiness over the slow work on fencing at phase-1 and phase-2 because of which work in the third phase was yet to begin. </span>
"The committee is very much concerned about the problems being faced by the people residing at the border areas," the committee mentioned.
The committee has proposed 'buying of land' in view of an agreement between the two countries that no defence structure could be raised within 150 yards of the international border on both the sides.
Raising fence within 150 yards has become a contentious issue since a lot of Indians reside in this area between the two countries.
These settlers are engaged in agriculture, fisheries, horticulture and other economic activities. If a fence is erected in that area, these people will be trapped between the two countries, and eventually face a lot of hardships.
Though the agreement is unsigned, India has been cautious not to put pressure on Bangladesh for fear of triggering tension.
"The committee recommends that the Government may hold discussions with Bangladesh in consultation with the Ministry of External Affairs for a settlement of the problem," it says.
The committee is of the view that fencing is not a defence structure and so Bangladesh should not have any problem in allowing the fence to be erected nearer to the border within 150 yards according to the situation of the local habitat.
<b>According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, 24-South Parganas, 24-North Parganas, West Dinazpur, North Dinazpur, Murshidabad, Malda and Kooch Behar districts will be worst affected if fencing is done at a distance of 150 yards covering the almost 300-km long border. </b>
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Start deporting illegal from India PERIOD.
Akhilesh Suman | New Delhi
... MP panel tells Govt to buy land, if necessary
A Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs has asked the Government to buy land falling within 150 yards of some areas of the Indo-Bangladesh Border to remove bottlenecks in completing fencing of the border.
The committee has also recommended that the Indian settlers in those areas should be fully rehabilitated and compensated.
Expressing concern over continued illegal migration from Bangladesh, the committee has also asked the Government to finish the border fencing at the earliest.
<span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>In its recommendation, the committee headed by BJP leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sushma Swaraj expressed unhappiness over the slow work on fencing at phase-1 and phase-2 because of which work in the third phase was yet to begin. </span>
"The committee is very much concerned about the problems being faced by the people residing at the border areas," the committee mentioned.
The committee has proposed 'buying of land' in view of an agreement between the two countries that no defence structure could be raised within 150 yards of the international border on both the sides.
Raising fence within 150 yards has become a contentious issue since a lot of Indians reside in this area between the two countries.
These settlers are engaged in agriculture, fisheries, horticulture and other economic activities. If a fence is erected in that area, these people will be trapped between the two countries, and eventually face a lot of hardships.
Though the agreement is unsigned, India has been cautious not to put pressure on Bangladesh for fear of triggering tension.
"The committee recommends that the Government may hold discussions with Bangladesh in consultation with the Ministry of External Affairs for a settlement of the problem," it says.
The committee is of the view that fencing is not a defence structure and so Bangladesh should not have any problem in allowing the fence to be erected nearer to the border within 150 yards according to the situation of the local habitat.
<b>According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, 24-South Parganas, 24-North Parganas, West Dinazpur, North Dinazpur, Murshidabad, Malda and Kooch Behar districts will be worst affected if fencing is done at a distance of 150 yards covering the almost 300-km long border. </b>
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Start deporting illegal from India PERIOD.