Tripura border with B’desh to be sealed within two years: Centre

Agartala, July 1 : After its decision to completely seal the 262 km-long India-Bangladesh border in Assam, the Central Government is now mulling on sealing the international border in Tripura.Recently, Susheel Kumar, Secretary of Border Management of Ministry of Home Affairs, paid a visit to Tripura to take stock of border development projects in the state.Bangladesh and India share 4,096-kilometer long international border, the fifth-longest land border in the world.Infiltration and cross border crimes have always been a major issue in the northeast which has often led to disturbance in the region.Kumar visited Tripura to review the cross border situation and progress of border development projects in the state.The review meeting was held in presence of Chief Secretary Y P Singh, DGP K. Nagaraj, Border Security Force (BSF) IG J.B. Sangwan and the District Magistrates of all eight district of the state.