SAHR welcomes Indo-Bangla land deal

South Asians for Human Rights (SAHR), a democratic regional network of human rights defenders, welcomes the Land Boundary Agreement which was ratified on June 7 to address the statelessness of thousands of persons living in border enclaves between Bangladesh and India, said a SAHR statement yesterday.
 As per the pact, among 162 enclaves, 111 will be transferred to Bangladesh and 51 to India which would allow the estimated 50,000 people living in the enclaves to choose their nationality ending decades of statelessness. SAHR commended the prime ministers of Bangladesh and India, and expressed its concern over the lack of progress in resolving the dispute regarding the equitable sharing of all international rivers, particularly the Teesta.