05.06.10 Menas Borders
India and Bangladesh to resolve boundary disputes soon, says India's Home Secretary
troops along the India and Bangladesh border
India's Home Secretary G.K. Pillai Friday [4th June] said the boundary disputes between India and Bangladesh will
be resolved, as a working group of both countries will meet soon.
“The joint boundary working group of the two countries will meet either in July
or August to resolve all the boundary disputes between the two countries,” Pillai told reporters.
“We are hopeful that the joint boundary working group will resolve adverse
possessions and enclaves and the undemarcated boundary between India and
Bangladesh,” Pillai added.
India shares a 4,098km border with Bangladesh.
Bangladesh's Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina, during her visit to India, had agreed to maintain peace and status quo on the
border.
At present, there is 551.8 acres of Bangladesh land under adverse possession of
India, while 226.81 acres of India land is under adverse possession of
Bangladesh.
The areas under adverse possession were created when East Pakistan and India
demarcated the international boundary in the mid-1960s. There are 11 such areas
in
the Meghalaya.
Bangladesh is citing documents of 1937; the Indian side relies on land records
of 1914 to sustain its claims.
Source: Daily Times India