India to return 200 acres of land to Bangladesh

Bangladesh is going to get back the ownership of about 200 acres of land previously lost to India due to the erosion of the Padma River on the Daulatpur border of Kushtia.

This decision was taken in a courtesy meeting of the senior officials of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and India’s Border Security Forces (BSF) on Sunday.

Kushita BGB-47 Battalion Commander Lt. Col. Md Mahbub Murshed confirmed the matter on Monday (September 16).

BGB and local sources said that the land in question, located in the Challishpara area of Ramkrishnapur union in Daulatpur upazila, has been under dispute due to shifts in the Padma River's course and natural disasters, which disorganised international boundary pillars over a stretch of three kilometers.

The BGB commander M Mahbub Murshed Rahman, said it has been agreed to conduct a resurvey of the disputed land and return it to the rightful owners.