Archive · 28 Aug 2026
Murshidabad Hands Over Land for India-Bangladesh Border Fencing
Murshidabad is a district beside the India-Bangladesh border.
Officials have given the Border Security Force all the land it needs for a fencing project there.
The fencing and road project covers 48.9 kilometres.
In the last step, officials transferred 28.65 acres of land.
This land covers 3.86 kilometres of the border.
Altogether, 362.89 acres have been handed over.
The district magistrate said the process was complete.
The Bharatiya Janata Party says the earlier Trinamool Congress government had delayed the transfer.
The border between India and Bangladesh is 4,096 kilometres long, with 2,217 kilometres passing through Bengal.
Murshidabad administration completed the phase-wise land handover to the Border Security Force for border fencing and roads.
The project covers a 48.9-kilometre stretch of the India-Bangladesh border.
The final phase transferred 28.65 acres covering 3.86 kilometres in two mouzas.
A total of 362.89 acres has now been handed over for the project.
The Bharatiya Janata Party has accused the previous Trinamool Congress government of delaying the land transfer.
- Who
- The Murshidabad district administration and the Border Security Force; the Bharatiya Janata Party also commented on the process.
- What
- The administration completed the handover of 362.89 acres for fencing and roads along the India-Bangladesh border.
- When
- The final 28.65-acre handover was completed on Thursday.
- Where
- Murshidabad district, along a 48.9-kilometre stretch of the India-Bangladesh border.
- Why
- The land was transferred for Border Security Force fencing and road projects.
District Administration and State Government
Bharatiya Janata Party
Timing and completion of land transfer
District Administration and State Government
The Murshidabad district administration said it had completed the handover of all land required by the Border Security Force, following state government directions.
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party has repeatedly accused the previous Trinamool Congress government of delaying the transfer of land needed for border fencing.
- Total land handed over
- 362.89 acres
- Total border stretch covered
- 48.9 kilometres
- Final-phase land
- 28.65 acres
- Final-phase border stretch
- 3.86 kilometres
- Previously transferred
- 334.24 acres covering 45.04 kilometres
- India-Bangladesh boundary
- 4,096 kilometres, including 2,217 kilometres through Bengal