Agartala, Jan 30 (TIWN):District magistrate (DM) and deputy commissioner (DC) level talks between Indo – Bangladesh will held here at State Guest House from 2 - 4 February. Six DMs from Tripura’s West Tripura , Unakoti, North Tripura, Unakoti,Khowai, Dhalai, will attend talks and Bangladesh will be represented by four DCs from Brahmanbari, Malavi bazaar, Rangamati Hill and Habiganj .

“The meeting is important in terms of improving the relation at the grassroots level and issues like smuggling controlling  trans-border crime, narcotics and other important issues will be discussed,"  said an official of state government adding “We would like to sort out local issues between us. The border related crimes and problems would be dealt with jointly," 

District magistrates and other officials of Tripura's four districts -- Sipahijala, Gomti, South Tripura and Dhalai - met in Agartala Jan 9-10 with the Deputy Commissioners of Bangladesh's five districts of Comilla, Feni, Rangamati, Khagrachari and Chittagong.

They discussed border crimes, sharing waters of common rivers, setting up of more 'border haats' (markets), border fencing and better coordination between the district administrations of both sides.

Similar conferences would be held in the other northeastern states of Assam and Meghalaya to sort out border issues.

India is erecting a barbed wire fence and putting up floodlights along the 4,096-km India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal (2,216 km), Tripura (856 km), Assam (263 km), Meghalaya (443 km) and Mizoram (318 km) to check trans-border movement of militants and curb border crimes.

The mountainous terrain, dense forests and other hindrances make the unfenced borders between India's northeastern states and Bangladesh porous and vulnerable, letting illegal immigrants and intruders cross over without any hurdle.