Trinamool leader flags unfenced borders, BSF jurisdiction in letter to Par panel chairman

NEW DELHI: (Mar 18) A Trinamool Congress leader has written to the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs, Radha Mohan Das Agrawal, flagging large, unfenced stretches along key international borders in West Bengal, and raising concerns over the expanded jurisdiction of the Border Security Force in the state, among other issues, a source said.

Two letters have been written to Agrawal, which also expressed concerns about the implementation of schemes under the Ministry of Home Affairs, particularly relating to women's safety, border management, police modernisation, and pending disaster relief dues, the source said.

It has been pointed out that 371.58 km of the India-Bangladesh border remains unfenced, while fencing along the India-Myanmar border covers only 44 km of the approved 1,643 km.