NEW DELHI, Nov 22 � The Union Cabinet on Thursday has deferred the land swap deal with Bangladesh. The proposed Constitution Amendment Bill for Implementation of the India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement, 1974 and its 2011 Protocol was listed for clearance.
According to sources, the Union Cabinet postponed the clearance until a later date following lack of consensus among the political parties. The Centre is now likely to talk to some of the States and a few political parties, said sources.
As reported, according to the Cabinet proposal, Assam would not gain any land area from Bangladesh but 268.39 acres of land belonging to the State in Dhubri (193.85 acres) and Karimganj sector (74.54 acres) is proposed to be transferred to Bangladesh, in what has the potential to become a political hot potato for the Tarun Gogoi Government.
According to the agreement, in Dhubri sector the land in Thakurani-Bari-Kalabari (Boroibari) would be transferred to Bangladesh. While 74.54 acres in Pallathal (Maulavi Bazar-Karimganj), is identified to be given to the neighbouring country.
Incidentally in 2001, a bloody clash had broken out in Boroibari area between BSF and the BDR.
In Meghalaya, 41.702 acres of land in Lobachera-Nuncherra is proposed to be transferred to Bangladesh. Moreover, 1957.59 acres of land in West Bengal located in Khustia-Nadi and Panchagarh-Jalpaiguri would also be transferred to Bangladesh.
The adverse possession of areas to be acquired by India is in West Bengal, Meghalaya and Tripura totalling 2777.038 acres.
Meghalaya would gain 240.578 acres, including 193.516 acres of land in Pyrdiwah sector. This was the sector, where the border guarding forces of the two countries clashed. The status quo ante on the border was restored within 48 hours of the skirmish, with both the sides withdrawing from the new positions they had occupied following the clashes. The Bangladesh Rifles withdrew from Pyrdiwah and the Border Security Force from Boriabari, the two enclaves under dispute.
NEW DELHI, Nov 22 � The Union Cabinet on Thursday has deferred the land swap deal with Bangladesh. The proposed Constitution Amendment Bill for Implementation of the India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement, 1974 and its 2011 Protocol was listed for clearance.
According to sources, the Union Cabinet postponed the clearance until a later date following lack of consensus among the political parties. The Centre is now likely to talk to some of the States and a few political parties, said sources.
As reported, according to the Cabinet proposal, Assam would not gain any land area from Bangladesh but 268.39 acres of land belonging to the State in Dhubri (193.85 acres) and Karimganj sector (74.54 acres) is proposed to be transferred to Bangladesh, in what has the potential to become a political hot potato for the Tarun Gogoi Government.
According to the agreement, in Dhubri sector the land in Thakurani-Bari-Kalabari (Boroibari) would be transferred to Bangladesh. While 74.54 acres in Pallathal (Maulavi Bazar-Karimganj), is identified to be given to the neighbouring country.
Incidentally in 2001, a bloody clash had broken out in Boroibari area between BSF and the BDR.
In Meghalaya, 41.702 acres of land in Lobachera-Nuncherra is proposed to be transferred to Bangladesh. Moreover, 1957.59 acres of land in West Bengal located in Khustia-Nadi and Panchagarh-Jalpaiguri would also be transferred to Bangladesh.
The adverse possession of areas to be acquired by India is in West Bengal, Meghalaya and Tripura totalling 2777.038 acres.
Meghalaya would gain 240.578 acres, including 193.516 acres of land in Pyrdiwah sector. This was the sector, where the border guarding forces of the two countries clashed. The status quo ante on the border was restored within 48 hours of the skirmish, with both the sides withdrawing from the new positions they had occupied following the clashes. The Bangladesh Rifles withdrew from Pyrdiwah and the Border Security Force from Boriabari, the two enclaves under dispute.
