Home Minister Amit Shah visits important Teen Bigha BSF area on Bangladesh border
Earlier during his visit, Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated three floating Border Outposts (BOP) along Indo-Bangladesh border on May 5, to protect the inaccessible areas of the Sundarbans.
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New Delhi, May 6: During his two day visit to West Bengal, Home Minister Amit Shah visited the India-Bangladesh border area of Teen Bigha today (May 6). At the border area visit, the Home Minister interacted with BSF personnel.
About his visit to the border area, Amit Shah has tweeted, "In the Teen Bigha border area of West Bengal, held a meeting with the officials of Zero Point, BSF India, on various issues related to security and took information. I congratulate the BSF jawans who guard this sensitive area with full vigilance. Also tree plantation was done here."
According to the Indira Gandhi - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman treaty of 16 May 1974, India and Bangladesh were to hand over the sovereignty of the Tin Bigha Corridor and South Berubari to each other. Bangladesh had handed over the sovereignty of the smaller South Berubari to India in 1974. However, India could not transfer the Teen Bigha Corridor to Bangladesh as it required constitutional amendment which could not be done due to political reasons. Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to the Teen Bigha area, while India - Bangladesh are sharing healthiest phase of their relations, is crucial.
After much Bangladesh government protest, India, instead of handing over sovereignty in 2011, proposed to lease the Tin Bigha Corridor to Bangladesh for a certain time. South Berubari, meanwhile, would remain in the possession of India.
Earlier during his visit, Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated three floating Border Outposts (BOP) along Indo-Bangladesh border on May 5, to protect the inaccessible areas of the Sundarbans. Shah also flagged off the floating Boat Ambulance and laid the foundation stone of ‘Maitri Sangrahalaya’.
At the BOP inauguration, the Home Minister highlighted the Centre's efforts in adopting the most advanced technology for border security and said that the Modi govt's basic goal is to make country's internal and external security impenetrable and that soldiers posted in the border area face the least difficulty.
He attended the 'Seema Prahari Sammelan' on May 5 at Haridaspur BOP on the India - Bangladesh border, where he inaugurated Narmada, Sutlej and Kaveri floating border posts to protect the inaccessible area of the Sunderbans.
