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Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah has said that India-Bangladesh relations are based on the values of shared culture, language, art and life traditions. He said that no one can disrupt the relations between India and Bangladesh.
The Home Minister was speaking after inaugurating and laying the foundation stones of various development projects of the Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI) and Border Security Force (BSF) in West Bengal on Tuesday.
The Home Minister said that the two nations have followed the same culture for thousands of years, and from the birth of Bangladesh till today India has always played a friendly role in the history of Bangladesh.
He said that the contribution of the Border Security Force (BSF) in the freedom struggle of Bangladesh is written in golden words, and underlines the cordial and warm relations between India and Bangladesh till today, which will only gain new energy and momentum from hereon.
He also inaugurated Matridwar at the Petrapole Integrated Check Post (ICP) and the newly constructed Border Outposts (BOPs) and other buildings virtually. Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation paid homage to Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore on his birth anniversary.
Speaking about the improved infrastructure on the border, the Home Minister said that over 600-700 trucks come to Petrapole daily for trading purposes often leading to a problem of overcrowding.
However, with the construction of a second cargo gate now, this problem will be solved. He said after the construction of the passenger terminal building in Petrapole in 2021, movement of 5 lakh passengers annually, that is, about 11,000 passengers daily, has been facilitated.