Indo-Bangla meet decides on Silchar-
Sylhet bus service
SILCHAR: A
Deputy Comissioner and District Magistrate level meeting (cluster 7) between
the bordering
districts of India and Bangladesh
was held at the conference hall of the Deputy Commissioner's office, Cachar, on Monday.The 17-member
Delegation from Bangladesh was headed by
Nazi a Shirin. Deputy Commisioner; and District Magistrate of Moulvi Bazar. M Kazi
Emdadul Islam, DC
Sylhet, MD Shajalal
Superintendent of Police,
(SP) of Moulvi Bazar. Additional Superintendent of Police, Sylhet, Lt. Col Sayed
Hussain, Director of 19 Border Guards Bangladesh(BGB) were among the delegates from Bangladesh.
The Indian
delegation, headed by MS Manivannan, DC Karimganj, also included Liya
Madduri, DC Cachar, SP
Cachar M Dev Mahanta, SF Karimganj Manabendra Dev ray and Commandants of 131st,
7thand 134th Battalions of the Border Security Farce.
In the high
level meeting, many serious issues such as cross border infiltration, cross
border smuggling and fake currency were deliberated upon and both the teams agreed amicably for combined
effort to deal with these Problems.
Mentioning
about the historic role India played during the Bangladesh liberation war, Nazia
Shirin, the team leader
of the Bangladesh
delegation said that both
India and Bangladesh are peace Loving, harmonious and friendly nations.
The national
anthems or both nations were composed by Biswakabi Rabindranath Tagore.
“This kind
of meeting would enhance the bilateralties between the two bordering countries,” she said,
The
delegates from both sides also agreed to start a bus service from Silchar to
Sylhet and proposed to establish border-haats at several places in the border areas,
It was also
decided in the meeting to arrange such events for exchange of cultural and sports
activities between the
bordering districts to
boost bilateral Relationship.
