NEW DELHI: Government on Tuesday told the Lok Sabha that 864.5 km of the total 4,096.7 km India-Bangladesh land border, is yet to be fenced, which includes 174.5 km of non-feasible gap, in a written reply to question by Trinamool Congress MP Deepak Adhikari.
The MP from West Bengal, which shares the longest border with Bangladesh, had asked the home ministry about the details of the total land involving border area with Bangladesh; the details of states which share land border with Bangladesh; the details of total length of land border with Bangladesh not covered by the fencing; and the reasons for not fencing the land border with Bangladesh.
In reply, junior home minister Nityanand Rai told the House that the total length of India-Bangladesh border is 4,096.7 km. States sharing land border with Bangladesh are West 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 of the India-Bangladesh border is yet to be fenced which includes a length of 174.5 km of non-feasible gap,” the minister said. On incomplete fencing, Rai said, “The land border with Bangladesh remains partially unfenced due to challenges such as difficult terrains like marshlands and landslide-prone areas.” He added that “objections from Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), limited working seasons and delays in land acquisition” were responsible for the fencing not being completed.