Lalmonirhat Correspondent :
Several thousand inhabitants of 162 Indo- Bangla enclaves gathered at Tinbigha Corridor in Patgram Upazila in Lalmonirhat on Thursday demanding implementation of the Indira-Mujib deal on Thursday.
After the gathering, the leaders of Coordination Committee of both countries exchanged views and took decision for the future course of action .
According to decisions, they will block road , observe hunger strike and will go with the International Court if the governments of the two countries don’t implement Enclave Exchange Treaty by 2014.
The Indira-Mujib treaty on enclave exchange was signed in 1974, and another treaty was signed between the governments of Bangladesh and India on September 6 in 2011 but no execute yet due to unknown reason, leaders of Indo- Bangla Enclave Exchange Coordination Committee said.
The 51 Bangladeshi enclaves are located in Indian Territory stood in Indian side and 111 Indian enclaves are located in Bangladesh Territory stood in Bangladesh side at beside the Tinbigha corridor.
From the Indian side the Bangladesh’s enclaves’ people spoke from Indian side and Indian enclaves’ people spoke from the Bangladesh side till 4 pm yesterday.
The 111 Indian enclaves are spread over 17,203 acres of land in four districts Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Nilphamari and Panchagarh, and the 51 Bangladesh enclaves, all located in Cooch Behar district of Paschimbanga in India, are spread over of 12,899 acres of land.
The general secretary of India- Bangladesh Exchange Coordination Committee in Bangladesh side Golam Mostafa said, the enclave people had learned from their childhoods that the enclaves would be exchanged to resolve the long-standing problem but the problem yet to be solved die top lack of cordial minded both the two countries authorities.
“Now we are neither under India nor under Bangladesh. We want implementation of the Indira-Mujib treaty was signed in 1974,” he said adding the Indian 111 enclaves should be part of Bangladesh.
In another hand the general secretary of Enclave Exchange Coordination Committee in Indian side Sudiptaman Sengupta spoke in the gathering that 51 Bangladesh’s enclaves should be part of India according to the treaty of Indira- Mujib. “We want to live as human beings. There is no hospital, no school and no government facilities in the enclaves.
People here are using addresses in the mainland of India to have access to education and jobs. We have been facing the situation since the partition in 1947,” he said.
Talking to the enclave’s people took part in the gathering said, the enclave inhabitants are confined to small pieces of lands on which neither India nor Bangladesh has any administrative control as the areas of one country are separated by the lands of the other. Although these people, most of them farmers, are denied all kinds of government facilities, many of them enjoy a kind of ‘lawlessness, they said.
The Border Guard Bangladesh BGB and Indian Border Security Force( BSF) took tight security in their respective part during the gathering and the gather was ended peacefully at 4 pm yesterday.
Several thousand inhabitants of 162 Indo- Bangla enclaves gathered at Tinbigha Corridor in Patgram Upazila in Lalmonirhat on Thursday demanding implementation of the Indira-Mujib deal on Thursday.
After the gathering, the leaders of Coordination Committee of both countries exchanged views and took decision for the future course of action .
According to decisions, they will block road , observe hunger strike and will go with the International Court if the governments of the two countries don’t implement Enclave Exchange Treaty by 2014.
The Indira-Mujib treaty on enclave exchange was signed in 1974, and another treaty was signed between the governments of Bangladesh and India on September 6 in 2011 but no execute yet due to unknown reason, leaders of Indo- Bangla Enclave Exchange Coordination Committee said.
The 51 Bangladeshi enclaves are located in Indian Territory stood in Indian side and 111 Indian enclaves are located in Bangladesh Territory stood in Bangladesh side at beside the Tinbigha corridor.
From the Indian side the Bangladesh’s enclaves’ people spoke from Indian side and Indian enclaves’ people spoke from the Bangladesh side till 4 pm yesterday.
The 111 Indian enclaves are spread over 17,203 acres of land in four districts Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Nilphamari and Panchagarh, and the 51 Bangladesh enclaves, all located in Cooch Behar district of Paschimbanga in India, are spread over of 12,899 acres of land.
The general secretary of India- Bangladesh Exchange Coordination Committee in Bangladesh side Golam Mostafa said, the enclave people had learned from their childhoods that the enclaves would be exchanged to resolve the long-standing problem but the problem yet to be solved die top lack of cordial minded both the two countries authorities.
“Now we are neither under India nor under Bangladesh. We want implementation of the Indira-Mujib treaty was signed in 1974,” he said adding the Indian 111 enclaves should be part of Bangladesh.
In another hand the general secretary of Enclave Exchange Coordination Committee in Indian side Sudiptaman Sengupta spoke in the gathering that 51 Bangladesh’s enclaves should be part of India according to the treaty of Indira- Mujib. “We want to live as human beings. There is no hospital, no school and no government facilities in the enclaves.
People here are using addresses in the mainland of India to have access to education and jobs. We have been facing the situation since the partition in 1947,” he said.
Talking to the enclave’s people took part in the gathering said, the enclave inhabitants are confined to small pieces of lands on which neither India nor Bangladesh has any administrative control as the areas of one country are separated by the lands of the other. Although these people, most of them farmers, are denied all kinds of government facilities, many of them enjoy a kind of ‘lawlessness, they said.
The Border Guard Bangladesh BGB and Indian Border Security Force( BSF) took tight security in their respective part during the gathering and the gather was ended peacefully at 4 pm yesterday.
