One
important place that I visited during this trip to the North East was the
Bangladesh border. I could not believe my eyes that we were so close. I just
needed to walk across one line of control and I will be in another country J
I
could see tourist of Bangladesh standing opposite to us and watching our
country’s border and here I am standing and looking at them, smiling away,
hardly any difference between us and them. I salute our soldiers who are at the
border security force (BSF) 24 /7 guarding our country. I was filled with awe,
wonder and amazement when I saw them in the army dress alert and ready standing
at the border.
This
filled me with gratitude for our soldiers, who guard the country, because of
whom we are able to sleep in peace. They are away from their homes, their loved
ones and families only to ensure that we and our families are together safe and
secure.
A
lot of other tourists who also came to the border took photographs with the
security; and I was also enthusiastic in taking some pictures to create a
memory for myself and my daughter. We were
there for little while watching the other side; and also came to know from the
driver that some of the time their cattle’s comes grazing crossing the border
and people come in search this side.
Also found this place green and interesting to find that the waterfalls from
this side was flowing into the Bangladesh,
making the place look fertile and green.
In
my younger days I also visited Jalandhar and it was the Pakistan border; but
the distant was too much and there barbed wires and we had to maintain a lot of
distance to see the soldiers patrolling at LOC. (Line of control). In
comparison I was quite happy to see this border from close quarters and I felt
I was so much close to visit another neighbouring country.
Later on my friend
suggested that I come again and it’s not very difficult to get the entry by
road…. Wherein one can submit Indian passport and they issue an Indo Bangla
passport and go for a tour in Bangladesh.
Happy
to have visited this place; and feeling grateful J
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