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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Lok Sabha connected Tuesday (November 9, 2025) that the West Bengal Government successful 2023 had approved the allocation of the requisite onshore for the operation of integrated check-posts (ICPs), including astatine Ghojadanga, Fulbari, Hili, and Mahadipur on the Bangladesh border, adding that the onshore acquisition process was successful antithetic stages.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Jagannath Sarkar asked successful the Lok Sabha whether determination had been a hold connected the portion of the West Bengal Government successful handing implicit onshore to the Centre for the operation of the 4 ICPs.
“After the Cabinet Committee’s support successful 2018, the Central Government has been pursuing the substance vigorously with the State Government of West Bengal for allocation of requisite lands for 7 ICPs, including astatine Ghojadanga, Fulbari, Hili and Mahadipur. The State Government of West Bengal has accorded support for onshore acquisition for mounting up the 7 ICPs lone connected November 21, 2023.
Consequent to the approval, the Central Government has made the requisite outgo to the State Government of West Bengal towards outgo of the onshore successful the aforesaid fiscal twelvemonth 2023-24, and thereafter pursuing the substance continuously for handing implicit the onshore for the stated ICPs, namely, Ghojadanga, Fulbari, Hili and Mahadipur. Land acquisition process is astatine antithetic stages successful respect of these 4 ICPs,” Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said successful a written reply.
The constitution of ICPs involves aggregate stages, including pre-feasibility study, onshore acquisition, mentation of Deptailed Project Report oregon DPR, feasibility study, approvals, tendering, etc., which alteration depending connected location, norms, and pre-requisites, the reply added.
