Lok Sabha Debates
Need To Find A Solution To The Movement Of Farmers Having Their Agricultural Land ... on 7 May, 2012
> Title: Need to find a solution to the movement of farmers having their agricultural land on Bangladesh side.
KUMARI MAUSAM NOOR (MALDAHA UTTAR): I would like to invite the attention of the Government to a pressing issue in Lok Sabha constituency Maldaha Uttar, having a long border with Bangladesh. Many of our citizens own farmlands in Bangladesh ever since partition. The BSF & BDR holds a mututal understanding and allow a free movement for Indian farmers owning farms located across the border for cultivation and other farming purposes. This movement is allowed for specified time and days every week and very often the Indian gate is found closed before time and our farmers are left with no option but to stay back in Bangladesh. On several occasions the Indian side remains closed for many days and this leads to crop damage in Bangladesh affecting our farmers who have invested their time and effort in farming despite the odds. I may hence request the Government to find a permanent solution to this issue and the Union Home Ministry must take an initiave in this matter as soon as possible.