Talks between Government officials of Baleswar district and Medinapur district of West Bengal over disputes concerning the boundaries of the two States resumed on Thursday in Medinapur.
The talks headed in a positive direction in resolving the long standing disputes and the next round of talk would be held on March 2 in Baleswar, said Additional District Magistrate Sambit Nayak. He said the initiative was taken by the administrations of both the districts following the ruling of the Supreme Court in 2018 asking Odisha and West Bengal to demarcate their own boundaries while hearing a PIL on illegal sand lifting from the Subarnarekha riverbed.
The officials with the help of cadastral map and geo tagging had demarcated their boundaries by marking poles on both sides.
35 poles were fixed in the Bengal border and as many were fixed in the Odisha border indicating the boundaries.With the maps and geo tagging all the poles were found in their correct place except in four recently.
Apart from officials from the administration of both districts, scientists were present.
