New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- In response to queries raised by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sajda Ahmed over the fencing of the India-Bangladesh border, Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said that nearly 864.482 kilometres of the border was yet to be fenced and it includes a length of 174.514 km of non-feasible gap.

"A length of 864.482 km of the India-Bangladesh border is yet to be fenced, which includes a length of 174.514 km of non-feasible gap," MoS Rai told Lok Sabha in a written reply.

Of the 4,096.7 km of the India-Bangladesh border, 3,232.218 km has been covered with fencing, he added.

"The challenges faced in completing the feasible stretches of fencing projects relate to land acquisition, Border Guard Banglad...