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Nabanna Orders Swift Land Acquisition for Border Fencing, No Slackness Tolerated!
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News18•01-10-2026, 20:53
Nabanna Orders Swift Land Acquisition for Border Fencing, No Slackness Tolerated!
- •Land acquisition for 450 km of barbed wire fencing along the India-Bangladesh border is complete in 9 districts, covering over 1,177 acres.
- •Approximately 94 more acres are needed to complete the land acquisition for border fencing.
- •Over 1,653 km of the state's 2,216 km international border has already been fenced.
- •Land acquisition is still pending in 5 of the 9 border districts, including Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri, North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur, and Nadia.
- •Nabanna has instructed quick acquisition of remaining land to prevent infiltration and smuggling, with funds already allocated by the Union Home Ministry.
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Land acquisition for 450 km of barbed wire fencing along the India-Bangladesh border has already been completed across 9 districts, covering over 1,177 acres of land.
Land acquisition is still pending in 5 out of the 9 border districts, which includes 45 acres in Cooch Behar, 8 acres in Jalpaiguri, 20 acres in North Dinajpur, 11 acres in South Dinajpur, and 9 acres in Nadia.
The Home Department instructed authorities to quickly acquire the remaining approximately 94 acres of land and hand it over to the Union Home Ministry to prevent infiltration and smuggling, noting that delays due to a lack of funds will not be tolerated since funds are already allocated.
