Midnapore, Feb. 24 -- A long-simmering border dispute between West Bengal and Odisha resurfaced on Tuesday, triggering fresh administrative tension after road renovation work in a disputed stretch was abruptly halted midway, allegedly following intervention by the Odisha police.
According to residents and official sources, the Public Works Department (PWD) of West Bengal had begun renovation of a road near Udaipur, a sensitive border pocket claimed by both states, when a contingent of Odisha police arrived at the site and stopped the work. The Odisha administration reportedly asserted that the construction was being carried out well within their territorial jurisdiction and termed the work "unauthorised".
The situation escalated when, sou...