Tin Bigha Corridor is a separate piece of land held by India that spans three bighas (0.0992 acres), located on the boundary of Patgram Upazila in Lalmonirhat, Bangladesh and Meghliganj District in West Bengal, India.
In accordance with the Indira Gandhi-Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Treaty of May 16, 1974, India and Bangladesh were granted alternate authority over the Tin Bigha Corridor (178 x 85 sqm) and South Berubari (7.39 km2), allowing access to the Dahagram-Angarpota regions and the Indian enclaves next to South Berubari. Bangladesh promptly surrendered custody of the smaller South Berubari to India. Nevertheless, India did not manage to transfer the Tin Bigha Corridor to Bangladesh since it required a constitutional modification, which was not possible owing to political reasons.
It slowed the procedure, and the territory was only leased to Bangladesh in 1992.
The Tin Bigha corridor was officially opened on June 26, 1992, as part of an agreement between the governments of India and Bangladesh.
After opening of the area, Bangladeshis were enabled to move across the corridor for 6 hours only (every alternate hour from 06:00hrs. to 18:00hrs) per day. It was quite difficult for the dwellers of the place. It was opened for 12 hours a day (from 06:00 to 18:00) in July 1996. Despite this, the people of Dahagram-Angarpota remained hostages in the sense that timely access to essential facilities remained a difficulty.
Finally, on October 19th, 2011, the passageway reopened for 24 hours, giving solace and happiness to the people residing in these Bangladeshi outposts.
Dahgram and Angarpota, which are parts of Lalmonirhat, are Bangladesh's largest enclaves. This place is surrounded by Indian territory, is about 200 meters from the Bangladesh border, holds a significant position as the only medium of connection for the two Bangladeshi villages with their mainland. The corridor that connects Bangladesh to Dahgram is 178 meter long and 85 meter wide. The Tin bigha Corridor is currently transforming into a tourist destination. But while going to Dahgram using this corridor, one should be careful in going off road since this area is under the guard of Border Security Forces (BSF) of India and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) of Bangladesh.
How to go and where to stay
Tin Bigha Corridor is 9 kilometers from Patgram Upazila Sadar. Patgram is accessible by direct bus from Dhaka, Rangpur, and the district headquarters of Lalmonirhat. You can also take a train from Rangpur or Lalmonirhat to Patgram. This route is served by 5 trains every day. You may hire a rickshaw or an autorickshaw from Patgram to Tin Bigha Corridor at any time.
Except from that, from Dhaka, the Lalmoni Express train departs from Kamalapur railway station, daily except Friday at 10:20 PM. A variety of busses depart from Gabtali and Kalyanpur for Lalmonirhat. You can take a rail or bus from Lalmonirhat to Patgram and then a rickshaw to Tinbigha Corridor.
In Dahgram, there are basic residential hotels. Furthermore, if you prefer to stick around somewhere, you must move to Patgram or Lalmonirhat.
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