The Post notes that the resolved dispute will is a major source of fear and anger to others. For most citizens, the land swap means abandoning the land that has been their homes for generations or changing their nationality.
Most will stay in their homes, but about 1,000 Indians have decided to keep their nationality, meaning they will have to move out by November.
In Dahala-Khagrabari many Indian Muslims decided to become Bangladeshi and celebrated their new nationality. Hindus on the other hand were fearful of the change as some of their homes were recently torched. Among those leaving, most of them do so because of economic or religious reasons.
The swap is also tearing families apart as some people are not agreeing on where to live, while others having married a person from one or the other nationality are not eligible to relocate. Others, having been left out of a 2011 census, are also ineligible for relocation, and some might even lose their lands as a result of the swap.
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