Guwahati: The Assam govt on Monday said fencing could not be erected along 4.35km of the state’s border with Bangladesh due to objections from the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB).Border protection and development minister Atul Bora, in a written reply to a query by AGP MLA Diptimayee Choudhury, said there is also no fencing along 34.609km as that part falls in rivers.Bora said barbed-wire fencing has been completed along in 228.541 km out of a total 267.5 km of the India-Bangladesh border in Assam, spreading across Dhubri, South Salmara-Mankachar, Cachar and Sribhumi districts.“Fencing work for 4.35km of border could not be carried out due to objections by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB). Indian citizens live there on the bank of the Kushiyara river in Sribhumi district,” he said. Besides, there is no fencing in 34.609 km as this portion falls in rivers, of which 30.37km is in Dhubri and 4.239km is in South Salmara-Mankachar, he added.“In the open areas of rivers, Border Security Force (BSF) monitors the border through the Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS) by established boat observation outposts,” he added.
