Lok Sabha Question No. 2616 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-02
Subject: Setting up of Integrated Check Posts
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rahul Kaswan

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2616

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 ND  AUGUST, 2022/ SRAVANA 11, 1944 (SAKA)

SETTING UP OF INTEGRATED CHECK POSTS

†2616.   SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has decided to set up Integrated Check Posts for cargo and passenger traffic at the entry points of the land borders of Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the details of the locations identified along the borders for setting up of the above check posts; and

(d) the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NISITH PRAMANIK)

(a)  to  (d):  Central  Government,  under  the  provisions  of  the  Land  Ports Authority of India (LPAI) Act, 2010, develops Integrated Check Posts (ICPs) for cross-border movement of passengers and goods at designated points along the international borders.

So  far  9  ICPs  have  been  made  operational  and  their  details  are  at

Annexure - I.

Apart from  the above,  Central  Government  has  also  decided to develop

## L.S.USQ.NO.2616 FOR 02.08.2022

ICPs at 14 different locations on Indo-Nepal, Indo-Bangladesh, Indo-Bhutan borders.  The details of these 14 locations are at Annexure - II, which are at different stages of development.

## Details of operational ICPs

|   S. No. | Location              | State       | Border     |
|----------|-----------------------|-------------|------------|
|        1 | Attari                | Punjab      | Pakistan   |
|        2 | Agartala              | Tripura     | Bangladesh |
|        3 | Petrapole             | West Bengal | Bangladesh |
|        4 | Raxaul                | Bihar       | Nepal      |
|        5 | Jogbani               | Bihar       | Nepal      |
|        6 | Moreh                 | Manipur     | Myanmar    |
|        7 | Sutarkandi            | Assam       | Bangladesh |
|        8 | PTB Dera Baba Nanak * | Punjab      | Pakistan   |
|        9 | Srimantapur           | Tripura     | Bangladesh |

## Details of ICPs approved for development

|   Sl. No. | Location      | State         | Border     |
|-----------|---------------|---------------|------------|
|         1 | Rupaidiha     | Uttar Pradesh | Nepal      |
|         2 | Dawki         | Meghalaya     | Bangladesh |
|         3 | Sabroom       | Tripura       | Bangladesh |
|         4 | Sunauli       | Uttar Pradesh | Nepal      |
|         5 | Banbasa       | Uttarakhand   | Nepal      |
|         6 | Bhitamore     | Bihar         | Nepal      |
|         7 | Hili          | West Bengal   | Bangladesh |
|         8 | Changrabandha | West Bengal   | Bangladesh |
|         9 | Ghojadanga    | West Bengal   | Bangladesh |
|        10 | Mahadipur     | West Bengal   | Bangladesh |
|        11 | Fulbari       | West Bengal   | Bangladesh |
|        12 | Panitanki     | West Bengal   | Nepal      |
|        13 | Jaigoan       | West Bengal   | Bhutan     |
|        14 | Kawrpuichhuah | Mizoram       | Bangladesh |

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