Agartala, Jan 15 (PTI) Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday assured the Tripura Assembly he will take up with the Centre the issue of Bangladesh government’s move to build a massive embankment opposite Kailashahar subdivision in the state’s Unakoti district.
The assurance came after Congress legislator Birajit Sinha drew Saha’s attention on the matter.
“The Bangladesh government has been constructing a massive embankment opposite Kailashahar. We have a 40-year-old embankment at Rangaoti. If our embankment is not strengthened on an urgent basis, people will suffer in case of floods,” Singh said.
State’s fisheries minister Sudhangshu Das, who hails from Unakoti district, said the matter is international and a few patches of the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura are still unfenced leading to cattle smuggling in bordering areas.
“This is an international matter. I have already sent reports to Delhi suggesting strengthening of embankments. I will refer the matter to the Centre again”, Saha assured. PTI PS MNB
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