Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI: An over 864 km length of the India-Bangladesh border remains unfenced. And this includes non-feasible gaps measuring 174.514 km. Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai made this revelation in the Lok Sabha today.
The minister said this while replying to a query from MP Adhikari Deepak Dev. Giving this information to the Lok Sabha, the Union minister said, “The total length of the India-Bangladesh border is 4096.70 km. The states sharing a land border with Bangladesh are West Bengal (2216.7 km), Assam (263 km), Meghalaya (443 km), Tripura (856 km), and Mizoram (318 km). A length of 864.482 km of the India-Bangladesh border, including a length of 174.514 km of non-feasible gap, is yet to be fenced.”
The minister said, “The land border with Bangladesh remains partially unfenced due to challenges such as difficult terrains like marshlands and landslide-prone areas, objections from Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), limited working seasons, and delays in land acquisition.”
Earlier on February 4, 2025, Nityanand Rai informed the Lok Sabha that ‘the construction of fencing is an important security measure for securing the border. Fencing helps ensure a crime-free border by effectively addressing the challenges of cross-border criminal activities, smuggling, movement of criminals, and trafficking. It has been conveyed to the Government of Bangladesh that about security measures at the border, including for fencing, India observes all protocols and agreements between the two governments and between the Border Security Force and Border Guard Bangladesh. The Government of India’s expectation that all earlier understandings will be implemented by Bangladesh and there will be a cooperative approach to combating cross-border crimes has also been conveyed to the Government of Bangladesh.”
According to the Union minister, “A length of 3232.218 km of the 4096.700 km of the India-Bangladesh border is fenced.”
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