TINBIGHA

Bangla PM visits Tinbigha

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited Tinbigha corridor in
Mekhliganj subdivision in Cooch Behar district on Wednesday noon. She
stayed there for a very short time. During her visit she planted a few
saplings there to mark friendship of India and Bangladesh. Former
Bangla President Mr HM Ershad accompanied her today.
The Bangladesh PM expressed her hope for an amicable solution of the
enclave problems as there exist a number of enclaves of the two
countries that are waiting for a long to be exchanged. She thanked the
India government for making the Tinbigha corridor accessible to the
Bangla nationals for 24 hours. This facility bailed out the Bangla
people from confinement, she commented. She also expressed her hope
for an amicable solution of water distribution of Tista river.
The Tinbigha corridor was handed over to Bangladesh to allow the
Bangla people to get connected by road between two Bangla enclaves
named Dahagram and Angarpota with Patgram in mainland of Bangladesh.
She said her government would erase out the problems related to
enclave exchange that were not done during the past 64 years.
Today, two Union ministers Mr Gulam Nabi Azad and Mr Jitendra Prasad
Singh welcomed the PM of the neighbouring country at Tinbigha. There
was a heavy security cover made by the BSF to make her visit
trouble-free.
Sheikh Hasina arrived at Dahagram today and inaugurated a few
facilities like a primary health centre, a Union Parishad building and
a power station. From there she reached Tinbigha by car and from there
she left for Patgram.