Bangladesh and India have agreed keeping corridors open in the barbwire fence along the border to allow elephants to migrate and increasing vigilance there to stop poaching and smuggling of wildlife and natural resources.

The decision came at a two-day meeting between forest officials in Kolkata ending Thursday, reports a correspondent.

Elephant herds roam regions connecting Bangladesh, India, Bhutan and Nepal, using certain routes along districts including Sylhet, Mymensigh, Sherpur and Khagrachhari.

The fence, erected a few years back, had increased conflict between stranded elephants and humans.

The officials also discussed increasing cooperation to save the Sundarbans and Bengal tigers.

Chief Conservator of Forests Md Yunus Ali led the Bangladesh delegation while his counterpart was Azam Zayeedi of West Bengal.

Forest officials said there are around 200 elephants currently in Bangladesh while another 100 migrate from India.

In the last 12 years, people killed 62 elephants while 226 people died in elephant attacks, they said.