Assam: 150 Indian Families Living Outside Border Fence To Be Rehabilitated In State

Guwahati: As many as 150 Indian families living outside the fence on the India-Bangladesh international border near Karimganj will be rehabilitated in Assam.

As per a report by Hindustan Times, the Assam government has asked these families to get in touch with the district deputy commissioner's office in this regard.

The families belong to nine border villages such as Gobindpur, Latukandi, Zara Pata, Lafasail, Lamjuar, Mahishashan, Kaurnag, Devtali, and Jobinpur are reportedly Indian but to enter India, they need to take the permission from the Border Security Force (BSF).

Recently, the Karimganj district administration wrote a letter to each family living in the villages, wherein, they asked them to appear before the deputy commissioner's office by June 30 with their documents.

In this regard, senior Assam government official Dev Gyanendra Tripathi on Wednesday held a meeting with the representatives of various sections, where he assured that this matter will be solved within this financial year and the government has two plans.

"After the meeting, we realized that there are two options. We can make additional fencing and bring the villages inside, or we can ask these families to come inside the existing fencing. With the second option, we have to give them land to rehabilitate, which is easier for us," HT quoted him as saying.

As per the report, people living in these villages faced food shortages and a lack of proper medical facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021 but were not allowed to enter India. However, BSF officials gave them medicines and some local NGOs provided them with food.

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