Why worry about territorial integrity and sovereignty?
Oops, silly me - this was given to India in 1971.
Apologies.
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Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 07:10:58 +0600
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Subject: [ALOCHONA] Indian BSF constructs road, bridge inside Bangladesh territory
Indian BSF constructs road, bridge inside Bangladesh territory
Sources said, tense situation have already been spread among the people of border area and they have already started leaving their villages
Despite protest from Bangladesh side, the Indian border security force BSF has started construction of a road and a bridge inside Bangladesh territory at Goainghat upazila in Sylhet district.Sources said, tense situation have already been spread among the people of border area and they have already started leaving their villages. The situation of the border area is going to be hot again.
The sources further said, Indian BSF personnel on October 1 suddenly entered the territory of Bangladesh alongside the border pillar 1270 and 1271 near Pratappur BDR outpost at the upazila. After entering the area, they took a move to construct a road on about 230 acres of lands in Bangladesh territory with a bridge.
It was alleged that to connect the Panichhula upazila of India with the Padua camp headquarters, which is situated near Pratappur, the BSF men were constructing the road and bridge. The bridge is being constructed on the Piain River which is flown on Goainfhat upazila.
Manjur Ahmed, a local journalist, told this reporter that 60 per cent construction work of the road and bridge has already been completed. "With the aim of establishing habitation in the territory of Bangladesh and occupying the resources side, the BSF men have taken plan. They are cutting trees and cleaning jangles to implement their aim and plan for occupying the area," he said. The local people fear that clashes between the two borders forces may occur cantering the construction work. For this reason the border of Goainghat may be restive again.
The BDR protested the activities of Indian forces and requested them to stop the construction work in the country's territory. But they were continuing the construction work ignoring the protest and request of BDR, said Pratappur BDR camp commander Nayeb Subedar Md Shahed Ali.
Admitting the activities of BSF, he told this reporter, "They are constructing road and bridge in Bangladesh territory. We have protested strongly and sent them protest letter 4 times. Despite being our protest, BSF is continuing the work denying our protest."Replying to the protest, the BSF men claimed that they are not constructing any new road or bridge in the area, they are just repairing an old road at their territory.
But the BDR camp commander Shahed Ali claimed that the speech of BSF is not true. The BDR was watching the situation carefully, he added."We have informed the matter to our higher authority. Our manpower is ready and they were deployed there. The number of manpower has been increased. If we get any order from high authority, we are ready to do anything," he said.
The 21 Rifles Battalion of BDR repeated the request of stopping construction work. At the time BSF agreed to conduct a joint survey for ensuring the ownership of the land where the road and bridge were being constructed. After some time, the Indian forces denied the agreement saying that the company level or battalion level authorities had no right to conduct such kind of survey. They said the matter should be discussed at the state level.
A Sub-inspector of Goainghat Thana Md Shahidullah told The New Nation that the BDR authority has not informed us about the matter till now. "We will contact with BDR to know about the activities of BSF to construct a road and bridge and after that we will fix our responsibility," he said.
http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2010/10/10/news0688.htm
The sources further said, Indian BSF personnel on October 1 suddenly entered the territory of Bangladesh alongside the border pillar 1270 and 1271 near Pratappur BDR outpost at the upazila. After entering the area, they took a move to construct a road on about 230 acres of lands in Bangladesh territory with a bridge.
It was alleged that to connect the Panichhula upazila of India with the Padua camp headquarters, which is situated near Pratappur, the BSF men were constructing the road and bridge. The bridge is being constructed on the Piain River which is flown on Goainfhat upazila.
Manjur Ahmed, a local journalist, told this reporter that 60 per cent construction work of the road and bridge has already been completed. "With the aim of establishing habitation in the territory of Bangladesh and occupying the resources side, the BSF men have taken plan. They are cutting trees and cleaning jangles to implement their aim and plan for occupying the area," he said. The local people fear that clashes between the two borders forces may occur cantering the construction work. For this reason the border of Goainghat may be restive again.
The BDR protested the activities of Indian forces and requested them to stop the construction work in the country's territory. But they were continuing the construction work ignoring the protest and request of BDR, said Pratappur BDR camp commander Nayeb Subedar Md Shahed Ali.
Admitting the activities of BSF, he told this reporter, "They are constructing road and bridge in Bangladesh territory. We have protested strongly and sent them protest letter 4 times. Despite being our protest, BSF is continuing the work denying our protest."Replying to the protest, the BSF men claimed that they are not constructing any new road or bridge in the area, they are just repairing an old road at their territory.
But the BDR camp commander Shahed Ali claimed that the speech of BSF is not true. The BDR was watching the situation carefully, he added."We have informed the matter to our higher authority. Our manpower is ready and they were deployed there. The number of manpower has been increased. If we get any order from high authority, we are ready to do anything," he said.
The 21 Rifles Battalion of BDR repeated the request of stopping construction work. At the time BSF agreed to conduct a joint survey for ensuring the ownership of the land where the road and bridge were being constructed. After some time, the Indian forces denied the agreement saying that the company level or battalion level authorities had no right to conduct such kind of survey. They said the matter should be discussed at the state level.
A Sub-inspector of Goainghat Thana Md Shahidullah told The New Nation that the BDR authority has not informed us about the matter till now. "We will contact with BDR to know about the activities of BSF to construct a road and bridge and after that we will fix our responsibility," he said.
http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2010/10/10/news0688.htm
