Officials of Bangladesh and India have jointly conducted a survey to settle various disputes along the international border shared by the two neighbours, journalists were told yesterday.
Officials from both sides told reporters that the long-pending border disputes would be settled soon, as authorities have jointly identified the missing pillars and were taking steps to repair them.
Abdul Mannan led the Bangladesh survey team while Survey of India Director NR Biswal headed the Indian side.
The demarcation of the unsettled boundaries would help the guards of the two countries in manning the border properly and expedite the various construction activities, including fencing and lighting besides river-based irrigation projects, they added.
The survey, finalised during the three-day 82nd border conference held in Agartala in August 2013, was conducted from Monday to Thursday, reports BSS.
The exercise is a follow-up of the agreement signed by Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Mahmohan Singh in Dhaka on September 6, 2011, concerning the land boundary demarcation between the two nations and related matters.
There is a 4,095km-long border between India and Bangladesh
with West Bengal sharing a maximum of 2,216km, Tripura 856km, Meghalaya 443km, Mizoram 318km and Assam 262km.
A large portion of the border remains unfenced and porous as it is mountainous and riverine.