In order to resolve the border dispute between Odisha and West Bengal that emerged during the construction of a Marine police station at Udaipur under Bhograi block, a joint meeting of the two States is scheduled to be held on July 17 at Digha in West Bengal.
Besides the district collectors of Baleswar and Medinapur, other officials of the revenue and settlement departments of both States would be present at the meeting. In this connection, Baleswar Collector Aravind Agarwal visited several disputed sites in Jaleswar and Bhograi blocks on Thursday. The sites included the Raibania border where a road is constructed on the other side in West Bengal touching the boundary Raja Bandha, an irrigation project, and Udaipur.
The Baleswar Collector said, “Primarily the discussions (at the joint meeting) will be on the current dispute, the Marine police station project .We will continue to go ahead with our project. At present, we are doing allied works before the actual construction.”