Bengal Govt Directs DMs to Complete Process of Land Handover to BSF at Earliest

Amid the continuing border crisis with Bangladesh, the West Bengal government has started the process of handing over 356 acres of land to the Border Security Force (BSF) at the earliest so that the border guarding force can immediately start the process of installing barbed fencing in those areas where fences have not yet been put up.

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Instructions have already been sent from the state secretary of Nabanna to the district magistrates of the districts concerned which have international borders with Bangladesh, a senior official of the state government said.

The districts where the administrative heads have been sent the instruction include Cooch Behar and Malda in North Bengal and Murshidabad, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas and Nadia in South Bengal.