The West Bengal government has handed over land along 77 kilometres of the border with Bangladesh to the Border Security Force (BSF) for the construction of a fence and other infrastructure projects, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday (Augut 20, 2025). Land to fence another 229.31 km is in various stages of acquisition, the MHA said.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah told the Lok Sabha in April that nearly 450 km of the border with Bangladesh has not been fenced yet due to the Trinamool Congress’ politics of appeasement.
