Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said the Indo-Bangla border in Assam would be completely sealed by 2016, citing that the boundary was porous.
He made the assertion while visiting Karimganj sector of the India-Bangladesh border in Assam on Sunday.
After inspecting the Stemerghat Border Out Posts (BOP) in Karimganj district, he said: “The porous border should have been sealed long time ago.”
In August last year, The Indian minister participated at a seminar organised by the All Assam Students Union (AASU) in New Delhi on implementation of the Assam Accord and assured the AASU leaders he would make a visit to the India-Bangladesh border with their delegation.
He is also set to visit Dhubri sector of the India-Bangladesh border with the AASU delegation to take stock of the situation, reported a number of Indian news outlets.
"The minister had expressed his desire for a joint visit of the international border during a seminar organised by us in New Delhi last year. He has come to visit Sunday and we have showed him the open international border in Karimganj district. The union home minister has assured that the border would be sealed within this year," said AASU President Dipank Nath.
"The home minister has also informed us that the issues which have affected the sealing of the border in Karimganj district since November last year, have been taken up with Bangladesh government and sorted out amicably," Dipank Nath said, expressing happiness over the development.
