Bangladesh gets back 35 acres of land on Feni border
Our Correspondent, Khagrachhari
Bangladesh got back 35 acres of land on Koilermuk-Ramgarh border in Feni used by Indians for long due to absence of border pillars on the zero line. The lands were handed over to Bangladesh on Monday after a two-day joint survey by officials of two countries who found that the lands belonged to Bangladesh. A bilateral accord giving effect to the border demarcation and setting up of new pillars was scheduled to be signed at Udaipur Circuit House in India yesterday, BDR sources said. The Indian team left Bangladesh on Monday after completing the joint survey. A Bangladesh team led by Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, director general of land survey, also went to Udaypur to sign the accord there, the sources said yesterday. Work for setting up of 28 sub-pillars and three 'reference pillars' on the border started on Sunday to draw the zero line anew, the sources said. Indians used the lands as the area was eroded by Feni river 36 years ago. The issue at times created a tense situation between people of the two countries near the border. The joint survey team visited border areas in Sabrum, Udaypur and Chitabari in South Tripura in India on Monday. The team visited Bangladesh portion of the area on Sunday. The Indian survey team was led by JK Roth, director general of Indian land survey department, the sources said.
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