Fencing stopped in 212 patches along Bangladesh border

Taking a U-turn on its decision to continue border fencing despite protests from Bangladesh, the Home Ministry has suspended fencing along 2...

Taking a U-turn on its decision to continue border fencing despite protests from Bangladesh, the Home Ministry has suspended fencing along 212 patches where villages on the Indian side stretch upto the international boundary.

Sources said a meeting, to be attended by the National Security Advisor and senior ministry officials, will be held tomorrow in this regard.

Explaining the change in stand, sources said Home Minister Shivraj Patil now wants the Cabinet Committee on Security Affairs, the MEA and the PM to take a view on the issue, as the consequences of fencing the Indo-Bangla border were not limited to his Ministry. It is learnt that Patil issued the orders even as the BSF and a section of officials urged that fencing should continue.

Both the BSF and BDR have an informal agreement on not having defensive structures within 150 yards of the International Boundary. Adhering to this would mean leaving out 254 Indian villages, with a population 65,000, outside the fence. Sources said Patil has asked the BSF to continue fencing in areas where there is no dispute.

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