Border survey along Atrai
The surveyors of Bangladesh and India accompanied by Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) have started survey along Atrai River to construct 33 pillars to demarcate six kilometre border along the river in Dinajpur Sadar upazila.
Construction of the pillars on the bordering river is scheduled to complete within May 31 this year, sources at BDR Phulbari 40 Battalion said.
After signing of an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) to construct 33 river pillars on no-man's land to demarcate India-Bangladesh border along the 6 km Atrai river in January this year, Bangladesh Land Survey Department invited bidders to construct the 33 border pillars and appointed a construction firm, said sources at the survey department.
A five-member survey team of Bangladesh Land Survey Department led by Abu Shahin arrived on Saturday.
In absence of clear demarcation between the border areas of Bangladesh and India, BDR and BSF earlier got locked in armed clashes several times, said officials of Phulbari 40 Battalion of BDR.
The steps for survey to set up border pillars on the river followed several meetings between the joint river commissions of the two countries, BDR sources said.
When contacted, Lt Col Quamrul Islam, commanding officer of Phulbari 40 Battalion, admitted that about survey which started on Saturday.
Comments