(a) whether the Government had decided to upgrade Changrabandha customs station at Indo-Bangladesh Border to a modern Integrated Check Post (ICP);
(b) if so, the present status thereof;
(c) the reasons for delay in implementation of the decision; and
(d) the steps taken by the Government for setting up a modern ICP in the said location in view of likely increase in workload on account of the recent Bangladesh, India, Bhutan and Nepal transit treaty?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
(SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)
(a): The Government has decided to upgrade 13 Land Customs Stations (LCS), including Changrabandha customs station at Indo-Bangladesh Border, into modern Integrated Check Posts (ICPs) in two phases i.e. 7 LCS in Phase-I and 6 LCS in Phase-II by Land Ports Authority of India (LPAI).
(b) to (d): Changrabandha customs station is earmarked for development into an ICP in Phase-II after completion of Phase-I ICPs. Construction work for ICPs of Phase-I is under progress. Meanwhile, LPAI has initiated advance action for identification and acquiring of land for the ICPs to be developed under Phase-II For ICP Changrabandha, land has been identified.
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