New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Wednesday informed Rajya Sabha that 1647.696 km out of 2216.7 km border, which lies with Bangaldesh in West Bengal, has been covered with a fence.

The information was provided to the Rajya Sabha in a written reply to the Question of BJP MPs Shambhu Sharan Patel and Neeraj Shekhar.

"Out of balance stretch of 569.004 km, which is yet to be covered by fence and other border infrastructure works, 112.780 km is non-feasible and 456.224 km is feasible. Out of 456.224 km of feasible IB (International Border) length in West Bengal, land for 77.935 km has been handed over to the executing agency. For the balance stretch of 378.289 km, land acquisition is yet to be in...