AKASH provides television connections to Bangladesh enclaves

The people of Bangladesh enclaves in the border area were deprived of information on the advancement of the country for many years.

Now, modern television connection has reached the enclaves after around 74 years with the support of the first and only legal direct-to-home (DTH) service provider Akash, said a press release.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Akash DS Faisal Hyder said, “Television is not only a medium of entertainment but a source of knowing essential information. Remote and detached people of the country for many years were deprived of this facility. But Akash has connected the detached people with the planet of information and entertainment.”

“We do not work this only for business purpose but we have taken the initiatives to develop people to people relationships. Following that commitment, we brought Akash connection in the vanished enclaves including Dahagram,” he added.

Now people, who never watched television, of this region have the access to know basic and essential information with the DTH television transmission service.

British lawyer Cyril John Radcliffe drew the Indo-Pakistan border during the partition period in 1947. The partition made people stateless and they became the resident of enclaves of Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Panchagarh, Nilphamari of Bangladesh and also became the resident of Cooch Behar and Jalpaiguri of India. They were considered even foreigners in their own country. People of detached enclave even legally could not enter into their own country. They were deprived of fundamental rights including food, accommodation, medication and education. They used to receive some service by concealing identity but the states saw it as a crime. 

The people of Bangladesh living in Indian land and the people of India living in Bangladeshi land were given the freedom to choose citizenship either from Bangladesh or India in 2015 under a treaty signed by both countries. Though the imprisonment of 68 years removed but the medium of information and recreation were almost closed.

Now, Akash DTH connection reached the door of the enclave dwellers as electricity is available in this very region. People of vanished enclaves for the first time started to watch television, the release said.

People of detached-remote areas deprived of watching television as there was no cable TV connection, it reads, adding that only a few families had the privilege to watch BTV by setting antenna.