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AIUDF wants erosion stopped along Bangladesh border
Monday October 22, 2012 07:12:09 PM,
IANS
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Guwahati: The All
India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) Monday urged the central
government to take steps to stop the erosion of the Brahmaputra,
failing which it said effective management of India-Bangladesh
border will not be possible.
AIUDF legislator Abdur Rahman Ajmal added that the party had
highlighted the damages caused by unabated erosion of land by the
Brahmaputra, affecting fences and border out posts along the
Bangladesh boundary during Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's
visit to Dhubri district.
"In one and a half decade, the Brahmaputra has come close to the
border fence in Kaliar Alga and Kokradanga areas," he said, adding
that the river was barely 20 meters away from the border outpost
at Sishumara.
Unless the erosion was checked, it would pose a serious threat to
the sovereignty of India, he said.
At least 50,000 people have been displaced from their villages in
the district because of erosion.
"If erosion is not checked on war footing, India will continue to
lose land. Frequent shifting of border outposts due to erosion
will also affect border management," he said.
Ajmal cited the case of Gour Jhapusabari village near the
India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal, where more than half the
land area has been eroded by the Kaljani river.
He said that the rapid changing of course by the Kaljani has
divided the village into three parts, making difficult for the
Border Security Force personnel to patrol.
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