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70,000 in no man’s land make border porous
Zero Point (Indo-Bangla border): Not covered by the historic Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) with Bangladesh, about 260 Indian villages with a total of 70,000 residents which lie in the \'no man\'s land\' between the two countries continue to pose a vexed challenge for troops looking to secure the border against smuggling and influx of fake currency.
Indo-Bangla border
Zero Point (Indo-Bangla border): Not covered by the historic Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) with Bangladesh, about 260 Indian villages with a total of 70,000 residents which lie in the 'no man's land' between the two countries continue to pose a vexed challenge for troops looking to secure the border against smuggling and influx of fake currency.
While the LBA provides for the activation of the 1974 India-Bangladesh agreement for exchange of 161 border enclaves adversely-held by the two neighbours, an exact solution to the vexed status of these villages situated just ahead of the International Border (IB) fence remains hanging fire.
"There are villages which are located ahead of the border fence and are different from the areas which are covered under the LBA. Shifting these villages inside the IB will be very useful. We have taken up the matter a number of times with the authorities but there has been no progress.
"The population living in these villages is vulnerable to a number of unlawful acts and attempts from the other side," BSF Inspector General (South Bengal Frontier), Sandeep Salunke, said at his headquarters in Kolkata.
