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[[File:Tetulia Corridor India Bangladesh.png|thumb|300px|Proposed Tetulia Corridor]]
The '''Tetulia Corridor''' is a proposed {{convert|4|to|6|km}} passage that would connect the political subdivision of Chopra in [[North Dinajpur district]] to the towns of [[Jalpaiguri]] and [[Mainaguri]] in [[Jalpaiguri district]] in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]], through [[Tetulia Upazila]] in [[Bangladesh]]. The government of India has taken up the opening of the corridor with the government of Bangladesh. The corridor would reduce the travel distance by about {{cvt|84|km}} and facilitate easier access to [[Northeast India]].<ref name="timesofindia-economictimes 2015">{{cite web | title=Tetulia corridor over Bangladesh finds new hope | website=timesofindia-economictimes | date=12 May 2015 | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-05-12/news/62082840_1_tetulia-corridor-india-bangladesh-land-boundary-tinbigha | accessdate=29 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="timesj2013">{{cite web | title=Indo-Bangla land swap bill reignites old cross country corridor issue | website=timesofindia-economictimes | date=19 December 2013 | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-12-19/news/45377561_1_tinbigha-corridor-bangladesh-passage-ne-india | accessdate=29 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=9164| title = Opening of Tetulia Corridor| date = 11 May 2005 | accessdate = 2005-05-11 }}</ref>

==History==
{{See also|Partition of Bengal (1947)}}
Since the [[partition of India]], the country's only access to its northeast has been the narrow [[Siliguri Corridor]], vulnerable to natural disasters like landslides. Article VIII of the India-Bangladesh Trade Agreement, signed in 1980, states, "The two governments agree to make mutually beneficial arrangements for the use of their waterways, railways and roadways for commerce between the two countries and for passage of goods between two places in one country through the territory of the other". Based on this provision India allowed a Bangladesh-to-Bangladesh passage called [[Teen Bigha Corridor]] through its territory, initially for a limited duration each day, and eventually, through a lease agreement, for 24 hours a day, starting in September 2011. Afterwards, politicians in the region stepped up efforts to persuade Bangladesh to reciprocate and grant access to India through its territory.<ref name="The Times of India 2014">{{cite web | title=Sushma Swaraj's Dhaka visit should pave the way for transformed ties with vital eastern neighbour | website=The Times of India | date=25 June 2014 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/edit-page/Sushma-Swarajs-Dhaka-visit-should-pave-the-way-for-transformed-ties-with-vital-eastern-neighbour/articleshow/37133529.cms | accessdate=29 May 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url = http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/06/25/sushma-swaraj-in-dhaka
| title = Sushma Swaraj in Dhaka
| accessdate = 2014-06-25
| work = Corridor
| publisher = bdnews24.com }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url = http://observerbd.com/details.php?id=26597
| title = Sushma visit to Dhaka, India to seek more, offer less
| accessdate = 2014-06-19
| work = Corridor
| publisher = The Daily Observer }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url = http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-12-19/news/45377561_1_tinbigha-corridor-bangladesh-passage-ne-india
| title = Indo-Bangla land swap bill reignites old cross country corridor issue
| accessdate = 2013-12-19
| work = Corridor
| publisher = The Economic Times }}</ref>

The government of Bangladesh has not decided on the issue, and the proposal remains pending. Local leaders demanded that the Indian government initiate negotiations on the issue, and to settle it along with [[Indo-Bangladesh enclaves|Indo-Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement]].<ref name="timesofindia-economictimes 2015"/><ref>{{cite news |url = http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2013-05-17/news/39336425_1_corridor-issue-tinbigha-west-bengal | title = BJP to utilize Tetulia corridor issue in next West Bengal rural body election| author = Debasis Sarkar| publisher = The Economic Times | date = 17 May 2013 | accessdate = 2013-05-17 }}</ref><ref name="timesofindia-economictimes 2014">{{cite web | title=Power plan of Bangladesh can be India's bargain points | website=timesofindia-economictimes | date=7 August 2014 | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-08-07/news/52556160_1_bangladesh-tetulia-corridoor-chickens-neck | accessdate=29 May 2015}}</ref>

==Benefits==
The corridor would reduce the travel distance by {{cvt|84|km}} from the Indian "mainland" to the Indian northeast. It would thereby likely enhance commerce in the region, as well as facilitating Indian administration of [[Jalpaiguri district]] by making it easier to reach from the state capital.<ref name="timesj2013"/>

==External links==
* [https://i0.wp.com/www.insightsonindia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/BBIN.jpg?resize=1303%2C859 Map of India-Bangladesh border links]

==Notes==
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[[Category:Geography of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Borders of India]]
[[Category:Borders of Bangladesh]]
[[Category:Panchagarh District]]
[[Category:Geography of Rangpur Division]]
[[Category:Geopolitical corridors]]

Tetulia Corridor - Revision history

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