AGARTALA, Dec 2: BSF Inspector General Alexander Daniel has categorically said that no town or habitat of Tripura will fall in the other side of the barbed wire fencing being erected in the Indo-Bangla international border, reports PTI. The IG was commenting on the contention of Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar that if the fencing was constructed according to present norms, at least three subdivisional towns of the State ? Kailashahar, Belonia and Sahroom ? very close to the zero line, would be on the other sine of the fence.
Talking to newsmen here on the eve of the BSF Raising Day on Sunday, Daniel said Bangladesh had no point to object if the barbed wire fencing was erected just near the zero line of the border because it was not a defence structure.
According to the Indira-Mujib pact signed in 1971, on concrete defence structure could be constructed within 150 yards of the border but this theory was not applicable in case of other structure, he said. The Tripura Chief Minister had recently urged the Central Government to seriously take up the matter with neighbouring Bangladesh to reduce the distance for fencing in the international border from the existing 150 yards.
The IG said the matter was communicated to Bangladesh and in such cases the barbed wire fence would be erected near the zero line. Otherwise, fencing would be constructed by keeping a distance of 150 yards from the border.