Dhaka, Jan. 29 -- The Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal government to allocate land to the Border Security Force (BSF) for the construction of barbed-wire fencing along the Bangladesh border.

The order, issued on Tuesday, requires the state to hand over land in nine border districts by Mar 31, according to reports from the Indian News Services Division's platform Newsonair, and Bhaskar English.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen emphasised that land already acquired by the Centre and funded for the fencing project must be transferred immediately, Newsonair reported.

Procedural excuses, such as delays citing the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, will not be accepted...