Bengal to give 105 acres to BSF for border fencing

The West Bengal Government has in-principle approved the transfer of around 105 acres to the Centre for border fencing and construction of outposts, official sources said on Monday. The land will be transferred to the Border Security Force (BSF) for fencing nearly 17 km and for setting up border outposts (BOPs), he said. A ministerial group constituted to examine proposals involving the transfer of land to central agencies held a meeting at the State secretariat ‘Nabanna’ on Friday and cleared the proposal in principle, he added.