Zero line fencing on Indo-Bangla border a boon to shop-owners

They were asked to relocate by the BSF as the market falls within the 150 yards of the international border.

There are many such markets along the border in Tripura.

As per the Indira-Mujib pact of 1972, no permanent structure can be built within the 150 yards of the border.

In 1975, a guideline for the management of the 4000-km-long Indo-Bangla border was formulated by the two countries which also agreed not to construct any permanent structure within the 150-yard limit.

Similarly, many schools and public buildings in several villages also fell within this demarcation.

"Following India's request, the Bangladesh government has agreed to allow construction of fencing on Zero-Line in some parts of the state," Tripura Home Secretary Manoj Kumar said.

Fencing in the Sabroom sub-division of South Tripura district, which was suspended for quite some time following objections from the Bangladesh Border Guards, would be started soon, he said. MORE