The Border Security Force of India has stopped digging soil within 70 yards from the zero line on the Indian side near the Dahagram Border outpost under Patgram聽 upazila in Lalmonirhat following protests by the Border Guard Bangladesh.
BGB officials said that they noticed on Saturday that the members of the BSF were digging soil with modern excavators near Bangladesh鈥檚 Dahagram Border outpost, violating international laws.
They said that they immediately protested against the BSF activities there and the BSF then stopped digging soil.
They said that the BSF went back with their excavators and other machines Saturday evening due to BGB鈥檚 strong position.
International law does not allow any of the neighbouring countries to construct any structure or dig soil within 150 yards from the zero line.
Lieutenant Colonel Md Selim Al Deen, the commanding officer of the BGB 51 Battalion in Rangpur, told 抖阴精品 on Sunday that BSF stopped digging soil due to BGB鈥檚 obstacle.
鈥榃e have given a strong message to BSF regarding the recurrence of such incidents in the coming days. We have strengthened patrolling along the border,鈥� he added.
In the director general level conference between the BGB and BSF in February 17-20 in India鈥檚 New Delhi, the BSF had pressed for joint inspection and joint record of discussion engaging representatives of both sides for the construction of any permanent structure or erecting barbed wire fence in the 150 yards of No-Man鈥檚-Land along borders by the Indian BSF.
The interim government in mid-January, amid growing tensions along the border over the BSF constructing barbed wire fences violating international law at five points in the bordering districts of Chapainawabganj, Lalmonirhat and Naogaon, urged India to refrain from any provocative actions along the border.
India has already constructed barbed wire fences along 3,271 kilometres of the 4,156km border between the two neighbours, according to the Bangladesh authorities.
