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West Bengal curate Ashok Kirtania connected Sunday (May 16, 2026) said the State authorities was committed to handing implicit onshore to the Border Security Force (BSF) wrong 45 days for the erection of a obstruction on the Bangladesh border.
Mr. Kirtania, the Food and Supply minister, who represents the Bangaon Uttar constituency successful North 24 Parganas district, remarked aft visiting his constituency to reappraisal the advancement of onshore acquisition and conscionable Border Security Force (BSF) officials to measure the ground-level developments.
He said onshore acquisition successful astir parts of the North 24 Parganas territory was progressing satisfactorily, but flagged absorption successful the Basirhat area.
"I had a connection with the territory magistrate, and I was informed that, but for 3 mouzas successful Basirhat, determination are nary issues. Some residents of Basirhat are refusing to determination from the fencing area, and immoderate families who volition autumn wrong the fencing are refusing rehabilitation," Mr. Kirtania told reporters.
The curate said helium directed the District Magistrate to resoluteness the impasse wrong a week. "I person asked the DM to person them wrong a week," helium said.
The recently elected BJP authorities successful West Bengal, led by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, had successful its archetypal furniture gathering connected May 11 decided to transportation onshore to the BSF for completing the fencing of the India-Bangladesh border, with a 45-day deadline for the handover. The furniture had authorised the transportation of astir 600 acres to the BSF.
West Bengal shares astir 2,217 km of the astir 4,097 km India-Bangladesh border.
According to Union Home Ministry data, of the 2,217 km successful West Bengal, astir 1,648 km has been fenced portion 569 km remains uncovered, of which 456 km is feasible for fencing.
The BJP had accused the erstwhile Trinamool Congress authorities of Mamata Banerjee of consistently delaying onshore acquisition for fencing, a complaint the TMC denied.
