Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Enclave access<br/>
Date: May 07, 2001 @ 02:27<br/>
Author: Brendan Whyte (&quot;Brendan Whyte&quot; &lt;brwhyte@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-44169681">The Cooch Behar enclaves are freely accessible, you can just wlak in, but if <br/>
one asks for official permission, one runs into the bureaucracy. Neither <br/>
countyr can allow you to visit the other&#39;s enclaves n themselves, and as <br/>
there is no official border crossing point for any enclave, it is <br/>
technically illlegal, but there are no fences nor does anyone care when youy <br/>
are there. ONly Dahagram/Angaporta has Indian forces patrolling its borders <br/>
(and it is surrounded by watchtowers). No fence, just white painted concrete <br/>
dragonsteeth style pillars a couple of feet high on the corners of paddy <br/>
fields.<br/>
To enter dahagram-Angarpota, one has to traverse the tin Bigha corridor from <br/>
Bangfladesh&#39;s Patgram salient. To get there from India means using the <br/>
changraband-Burimari corssing point on the old rail line at the top end of <br/>
the Patgram salient, or any of the other border crossing points, but the <br/>
rest are much further away. Then a bus to Patgram town then a cycle-rickshaw <br/>
to Tin bigha and across. They hope to have a bus service &quot;soon&quot;.<br/>
BW<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;From: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:granthutchison@...">granthutchison@...</a><br/>
&gt;Reply-To: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a><br/>
&gt;To: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com">BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com</a><br/>
&gt;Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Enclave access<br/>
&gt;Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 00:38:04 -0000<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;Musing on the freedom of access to some enclaves: Busingen, Madha,<br/>
&gt;Campione, Llivia, Baarle, through which one can drive or walk without<br/>
&gt;hindrance. Access to the ex-USSR enclaves is hampered by minefields<br/>
&gt;and men with guns, from what I read, although I do recall Colin<br/>
&gt;Thubron visiting a Fergana enclave in The Lost Heart of Asia. And<br/>
&gt;access to the Indian/Bangla enclaves seems to be made difficult<br/>
&gt;largely because of administrative confusion, if I remember one of<br/>
&gt;Brendan&#39;s postings correctly (for a foreigner, that is - of course<br/>
&gt;there are other major impediments to the movement of Indian and<br/>
&gt;Bangaladeshi citizens back and forth). So I&#39;m left wondering about<br/>
&gt;the situation in Belarus and Cyprus. Does anyone know how easy it is<br/>
&gt;to cross from Belarus into the Russian exclave? And Rolf, Jesper,<br/>
&gt;anyone else who&#39;s been to Cyprus - was it easy to get into the two<br/>
&gt;settlement enclaves? (I imagine the power station might be difficult<br/>
&gt;to enter just because it&#39;s a power station!)<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;Grant<br/>
&gt;<br/>
<br/>
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