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By Aarti Dhar
AGARTALA, JAN. 30. Warm handshakes, exchange of pleasantries, and flashing cameras marked the Union Home Minister, Shivraj Patil's visit to the Akhora outpost in Bangladesh this evening. It was no official Flag Meeting between the two countries but an informal invitation extended to Mr. Patil by the Bagladesh Rifles (BDR). "We have excellent relations with India and the situation on the international border is a reflection of the relations between the countries," Jahangir Alam, Sector Commander, BDR, told The Hindu. Bangladesh remembered India's contribution to its freedom struggle, he added. Mr. Patil is here on a three-day visit of Tripura, Mizoram and Guwahati to review the internal security and development of the North-Eastern States. Today, he visited three Border Security Force (BSF) outposts along the India-Bangladesh border and saw the progress made in the fencing along the international border. However, the highlight was his short "trip" to the Bangladeshi outpost. Mr. Patil and the Minister of State, Sriprakash Jaiswal, were received by Colonel Alam and given a Guard of Honour. There was a warm exchange of smiles but very little was said from the two sides. After a hot cup of tea, the two sides gave gifts, sweets and fruits to each other and got themselves photographed extensively by a huge team of photographers and journalists from this side, though there was a power breakdown twice and a few pieces of crockery broken in the melee. Earlier, Mr. Patil and the Directors-General of the BSF and the Central Reserve Police Force flew to the inaccessible "air maintained outpost of J.C.Para" in the thick jungles of Tripura along the international border. This is one of the 20 or so inaccessible BSF outposts along the border that are "militancy and terrorist prone." At the Lanka Mora outpost, he addressed the BSF jawans and appreciated their work and dedication. The fencing work along the border, expected to be over in another one year, is expected to check infiltration to a great extent. While the general feeling is that illegal migration has come down since work on the fencing began, there are many for whom it has meant a loss of livelihood.
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