Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of External Affairs
03-March-2011
India and Bangladesh are working closely to strengthen cooperation in a range of issues. They are also in the process of implementing several important decisions taken at various high level meetings. All outstanding issues between the two sides are being addressed expeditiously. Considerable progress has been achieved in many areas including power cooperation, water sharing and related issues and connectivity. India facilitated electrification of Dahagram and Angarpota. The US $1 billion Line of Credit Agreement was signed in the presence of Finance Ministers of both the countries. Other areas of progress include signing of a MoU on Border Haat, India allowing the Nepalese trucks to enter 200 meters inside the Bangladesh border, designating Ashuganj in Bangladesh and Silghat in India as Ports of Call, holding of the meeting of the Joint Boundary Working Group in November 2010 and the Joint Rivers Commission in March 2010.
Article 1(12) of the India-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement, 1974, provides for exchange of the Indian Enclaves in Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Enclaves in India. An agreed list of enclaves has been prepared and signed between the two sides in April 1997 to this effect. As per the agreed list, Bangladesh has 51 enclaves inside Indian Territory with an area of 7110 acres while India has 111 enclaves inside Bangladesh territory with an area of 17160 acres.
The Minister of State in the Ministry Of External Affairs Shri E. Ahamed gave this information in reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.
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