Bangladesh panel on border rivers. India says Bangladeshis often sneak cross the border looking for jobs. Bangladesh denies its people are living and working illegally in India. Dhaka does not oppose the fencing project, but objects when the fence is built too close to the zero line along the 4,096-km (2,544-mile) land and riverine border. Sixteen Indian and three Bangladeshi soldiers were killed in 2001 in the bloodiest border clash between the two sides.
