AGARTALA, Jan 15: 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.
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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)
