India-Bangladesh: Cattle smuggling issue 

India-Bangladesh: Cattle smuggling issue 

Part of: GS Mains II – India and its neighbourhood relations; Bilateral ties 

In news: 

• Three Bangladeshi nationals alleged to be cattle smugglers were lynched by locals in Assam. Four others from across the border escaped. 
• This was the second such incident in the same district of Assam in less than two months. 

Unresolved issues and irritants that remain: 

1. Water sharing: Teesta River Agreement, Farakka barriage, Bangladesh objection to the construction of Tipaimukh dam on Barak river in Manipur.   
2. Migrant’s issue: NRC exercise and perception that illegal migrants will be deported to Bangladesh. 
3. Illegal activities along border: Cattle smuggling, trafficking, drugs dealing and fake currency. 
4. India’s handling of Rohingya issue. 
5. China factor: growing security and military relations, increasing investment of china in infrastructural projects in Bangladesh is cause of concern for India. Ex: Chittagong port. 
6. Delivery deficit associated with Indian projects in Bangladesh. 

Key facts: 

• India shares longest border of length 4,096 km with Bangladesh.  
• Bangladesh shares land borders with India to the west, north and the east and Myanmar to the east, whereas the Bay of Bengal lies to its south. 
• Indian states Assam, Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya, and West Bengal share the India-Bangladesh border.