By IANS,
Agartala : Tension prevailed along the India-Bangladesh border in western Tripura after Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) troopers ordered a stop to work going under the rural job scheme in Indian territory, an official said Tuesday.
To control the situation, officials of Border Security Force (BSF) and BGB Tuesday held a meeting and resolved to maintain status quo.
“When the workers were digging a pond under the MGNREGS (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) Monday afternoon, some BGB troopers crossed the border into Kulubari village and asked them to stop the work,” Sonamura Sub-Divisional Magistrate Shankar Chakraborty told IANS on phone.
“Subsequently, when the BSF troopers rushed to the spot, the BGB jawans left the place.”
Additional BSF troopers have been deployed in the area, 60 km south of Agartala.
Tripura shares an 856 km border with Bangladesh; the mountainous terrain and dense forests make the unfenced borders porous.