Bangladesh Embankment: Tripura Engineers Visit Border Areas to Study Impact

AGARTALA: The engineers of the Water Resources Department of the Tripura government on Sunday visited the bordering areas of Unakoti district to study the controversial embankment, being constructed unilaterally by the Bangladesh government on its land, officials said. 

Tripura engineers apprehend that the Bangladeshi embankment may endanger the district town of Kailashahar and border villages during monsoon floods.

A senior Tripura government official said the department engineers would submit a detailed report to District Magistrate Dilip Kumar Chakma who would then submit a report to the state government.

Chakma, accompanied by other senior officials, already visited the bordering areas on Friday and later said that the matter could be taken up with the Central government for appropriate steps.

The District Magistrate already submitted a note to the state government on the controversial embankment, being constructed by the Bangladesh government in the Sharipur and Devipur areas under the Moulvibazar district of the neighbouring country. Moulvibazar district is opposite to Unakoti district of northern Tripura.

The official said that Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Saturday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi and handed over a letter to him on the embankment issue.

"The Chief Minister in his letter to the Home Minister, highlighted the potential effect of the Bangladeshi embankment in Unakoti district and possible floods on the Indian side. The Chief Minister has urged the Home Minister to take up the matter with the Bangladesh government to take appropriate steps by the neighbouring country," the official said.

The embankment, 20 feet in height and 10 feet in width is now being constructed along the Manu River, which divides the two countries. (IANS)

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