Assam government says Centre will seal international border with Bangladesh

Assam government Monday informed the state Assembly that the sealing of the international border is the responsibility of the Central government.

Replying to a query by AIUDF MLA Aminul Islam on the sealing of the Indo-Bangla border, Water Resources Minister Keshab Mahanta did not share any possible deadline to seal the border. He said border sealing is the responsibility of the Central government.

While replying on behalf of Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, who also holds Implementation of Assam Accord Department, Mahanta said the state government has been requesting the Centre to complete the work at the earliest.

Mahanta informed that out of 263 km border that Assam shares with Bangladesh, 214.89 km is land border and 48.11 km is river.

While 93.77 per cent work of sealing the land border has been completed, work in the remaining stretch is being carried out by central agencies like NBCC and CPWD.

(With inputs from agencies.)