Dhaka, Sept. 6: Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi today dispelled all apprehensions in his state about ceding land to Dhaka, and showed great support for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by agreeing to all the enclave demands made by Bangladesh.
Having given his nod to the Protocol of the 1974 Land Boundary Agreement, concerning the demarcation of land between India and Bangladesh, Gogoi has, in a way, been able to end at least one of the long-standing disputes between the two countries.
“I wanted to resolve it once and for all…. This deal is beneficial for all concerned. It is a win-win situation for everyone,” he said.
The agreement seeks to address all outstanding land boundary issues. These include undemarcated land boundary in three sectors — Daikhata-56 (West Bengal), Muhuri river-Belonia (Tripura) and Dumabari (Assam) — enclaves and land in adverse possession.
Assam shares a 272km boundary with Bangladesh, which is in adverse possession of 665 acres of the state’s land.
The undemarcated boundary in all three segments has now been demarcated.
The border dispute between the two countries is in 25 points in West Bengal, Tripura, Meghalaya and Assam — of which India adversely possesses 1,165.49 acres of Bangladesh land at 18 points. Bangladesh adversely possesses 1,880.81 acres of India’s land at seven points.
India today handed over 3,000 acres and 111 enclaves that it adversely possessed inside Bangladesh. Dhaka handed over 51 enclaves and 3,500 acres to India.
Nearly 34,000 people living in enclaves in Bangladesh and 17,000 in enclaves in India will have the choice to choose their country of residence.
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