Guwahati, Jan 6: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said that the Centre is doing a feasibility study by carrying out two pilot projects for sealing the international riverine border along Assam-Bangladesh.
“A feasibility study is on to see what we should do to stop infiltration through riverine route. Already two pilot projects are going on. We will observe the outcome of those and if they are successful, then we will adopt them in some places,” Singh said here.
The government will initiate strong measures to prevent infiltration from Bangladesh after the feasibility report comes out, the Union Home Minister added.
Singh, on a two-day visit to Assam for inspecting the international border in Karimganj and Dhubri districts, said he is not “happy” with the work going on at present.
Singh, who was accompanied by All Assam Students Union representatives in the border inspection, said the Centre is willing to discuss with the organisation for fulfilling the clauses of the Assam Accord.
On Assam’s perennial flood problem, he said: “It is Assam’s biggest problem. I want to talk to state government to find out what can be done in this regard. We invite suggestions from them. Both Centre and State need to talk to find a permanent solution to the problem.”
The Home Minister also said he has been informed about encroachment of land in tribal belt and emphasized the need to stop that.
