India wants to finish border fencing by next March
The federal government of India has directed completion of fencing along north-eastern state of Tripura's border with Bangladesh by March of the next year.
The directive was issued by Secretary Border Management in the federal Home Ministry Susheel Kumar to agencies involved in the border fencing in Tripura sector.
This came weeks after Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh ordered that another north-eastern Indian state of Assam's border with Bangladesh be completely sealed by June 2017.
During a visit to Tripura on June 24 and 26, Kumar held a meeting with senior officials of the state and Border Security Force as well as construction agencies working in border areas to review border works and Border Areas Development Programme.
Out of the 4,096km-long India-Bangladesh border, 856 km falls in Tripura.
Kumar met Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar and discussed various issues related to progress of border fencing and management with him, said an official statement yesterday.
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