There are about 92 Bangladeshi enclaves (pieces of Bangladesh territory completely surrounded by Indian territory) on the Indian side of the line and about 106 Indian enclaves on the Bangladeshi side of the border.
See this map:
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If you build it...they won't come ;-)
“insulting” for property owners to decide to control their own property. NOT.
Those nativists.
>> In a place like Sujatpur, where most families live hand
>> to mouth, the cheap Indian grazing land and extra income
>> from harvesting bamboo were economic godsends.
>>
>> “Look at this place, we are poor,” said Iqbal, gesturing
>> around him. “Selling that wood earned us money that we
>> needed.”
>>
Gee too bad.. you should have thought about that Mohammad when your father betrayed India and seceded to form the “Islamic homeland”.
Seems the Bangledeshies are melting down Indian money to make razor blades. One good reason to build a fence.
1,550 miles in seven years. Wonder how much the U.S. (without government red tape) could have built since 9/11?
India builds a 2,050 mile fence for $1.2B, but here in the U.S. a 700 mile fence costs $2.2B (and that’s the low estimate!).
“The Bangladesh government made a few complaints; the fence felt like an insult, as if their country was a plague that needed to be quarantined; but soon gave up.”
The Beltway political class must do what’s right for America instead of pandering to the Mexican govt. I am sure that the Mexicans will feel “insulted,” but if pols in DC show any spine, they’ll give up too and get used to reality.
There is one significant difference between the two cases though. In the US, we have a president who is more interested in “rights” for criminals than he is interested in enforcing the law.
‘two rows of 10-foot-high barbed wire barriers, the posts studded with ugly spikes the size of a toddler’s fingers’
Now thats a fence. Ours with Mexico will probably have turnstiles.
I think we need to hire these folks to supervise construction of our much needed fence. They knew where to locate the will to build a fence, something our professionals cannot do.
There are about 92 Bangladeshi enclaves (pieces of Bangladesh territory completely surrounded by Indian territory) on the Indian side of the line and about 106 Indian enclaves on the Bangladeshi side of the border.
See this map:
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In some cases, on the above map, you have Bangladesh territory, which is surrounded by Indian territory, which is surrounded by Bangladesh Territory...
The article didn’t mention Spain’s fence in Africa.
I wish we were a wealthy powerful country like India - then we could build a fence too!
Do you have any stories about countries that realized that their 'leaders' were traitors and so tossed them all out on their ass? I could appreciate one of those too.
If India can do it.......