KOLKATA: The Indian central government has proposed to the state government of West Bengal to construct a flyover on the Teen Bigha corridor, which connects two cut-off localities of Bangladesh.

With the construction, maintaining communications between the mainland of Bangladesh and its two enclaves- Dahagram and Angorpota- would be easier.

According to a source in the state government secretariat, Joint Secretary of the Indian Foreign Ministry TS Trimurthy sent a letter to Chief Secretary of the state Ardhendu Sen with the proposal.

The letter states that, during Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s India tour, Bangladesh proposed construction of a flyover on Teen Bigha Corridor for easy movement of both citizens.

“Upon completion of the flyover, Bangladesh citizens can travel under the flyover. Both the peoples can travel through the corridor round the clock,” the letter said.

It also stated that the central government wants that the state government build the flyover.

West Bengal Home Secretary Samar Ghosh told banglanews24.com.bd, “We’ll inform the government about our opinion about the building of the flyover after consultation with Kuch Bihar district administration.”
        
The Teen Bigha Corridor was opened to connect the two enclaves with Bangladesh on June 26, 1992. New Delhi has given Dhaka 12-hour access through the interposed patch of Indian land.

Bangladesh proposed to build a flyover to remove the problem of the enclave-dwellers. The proposal said once the flyover is constructed, Bangladeshis would have round-the-clock access to their own territory.

DST: 1340 HRS AUG 28, 2010