865km of India-Bangladesh border unfenced, Parl told
India, Feb. 5 -- Around 865km of the 4,096km-long India-Bangladesh border is yet to be fenced, the ministry of home affairs (MHA) informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. "A length of 864.482km of the India-Bangladesh border is yet to be fenced, which includes a length of 174.514km of non-feasible gap," Union minister of state for home affairs Nityanand Rai said in a written reply. Rai said the challenges faced in completing the feasible stretches of fencing projects relate to land acquisition, objections by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), limited working season and landslide/marshy land. P8...
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