Indo-Bangladeshi Barrier
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India is presently constructing a 3,286-kilometer fence to seal off the Indian-Bangladeshi international border, formerly East Bengal provincial region of East Pakistan (1947-1971). The constructed fence based on the designs of the Israeli wall will be just under three meters high and will run almost all the way around Bangladesh's fertile land boundary with the Republic of India (Bharat). The stated aim of the fence is to stop infiltration of terrorists, prevent smuggling and end illegal immigration into neighbouring states.
Clashes have occurred with Bangladeshi soldiers (border Patrols) as Bangladesh claims that the fence runs within 150 meters of the demarcated border. According to a 1974 peace treaty between India and Bangladesh neither side is allowed to build defensive works within 150 meters of the frontier. Due to the fact that the fence stands so far back from the border, it has cut off thousands of Bengali Indians from the rest of Mainland India.
Indigenous Assamese also fear that they will be reduced to a minority if unabated infiltration continues. [1].
