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Bangladesh turmoil hits Tripura: Around 50 to 60 Bangladeshi people illegally entering in Tripura every day: 135 km Indo-Bangla International border still remains unfenced
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Bangladesh turmoil hits Tripura: Around 50 to 60 Bangladeshi people illegally entering in Tripura every day: 135 km Indo-Bangla International border still remains unfenced
PHOTO : Indo-Bangla border. TIWN File Photo

AGARTALA, April 20 (TIWN): The political crisis in Bangladesh is getting worse by the day, with no sign of compromise between the government and opposition parties. What does a protracted conflict mean for the future of the country? Due to this turmoil in Bangladesh the people of the country are not felling safe at all as a result each day around 50 to 60 Bangladeshi people are illegally entering in Tripura through the 135 kilometer unfenced Indo-Bangla International border to take shelter, said a highly placed source of police. The Bangladeshi people who are entering in the state are engaged with illegal activities for their lively hood, the source added. As a result the numbers of crime like thefts, robberies, crime against women etc are rising in the state day by day. It is also to be mentioned here that the state police DG had claimed a decline of 18% crime rate in the state over the year. But the rate at which the crimes, especially the women related crimes are taking place in the state, the DGs claim will surely bite the dust soon.

A total of 135 km of the bordering areas of Tripura remained unfenced yet till date, while of the total endorsed 856 km of Indo-Bangla border fencing in Tripura, a total of 715 km international border has been fenced in the State, according to official sources. Costal Construction Company Ltd and NPCC were assigned with the construction work.

However, but it is to be mentioned here that the construction work of the wire fencing at the unfenced areas of the state likely to be severely hit by this monsoon. Therefore the construction agencies have to virtually stop fencing works due to the hostile conditions.

It is also to be mentioned here that the banned militant outfits has set up camps in Chittagong Hill Tract and has been using the unfenced borders for their trans-border movements.  Still now in the bordering areas the militants are still trying to recruit people by fear, misguiding or by luring. The people are being used to collect money, goods and other necessary things for the militants. 

More than 100 Bangladeshis have died, and many more have been horribly injured, in roadside bombings. By blocking highways, often violently, the protesters targeted the weakest link in the supply chain. The government has responded with increasingly harsh measures, and many of Mrs. Zia’s party leaders either have been arrested or are in hiding. B.N.P. officials deny responsibility for the violence but say they had no option besides blockades and strikes.

A World Bank report released on April 12 showed that Bangladesh’s economy lost $2.2 billion, or around 1 percent of gross domestic product, as a result of 62 days of political unrest this year. The report said the country’s economic growth rate would be 5.6 percent this fiscal year  compared with 6.6 percent the bank had predicted before the strikes began.

 

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