The Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh has directed border
management and security agencies to seal the complete Indo-Bangladesh border by
June, 2017, with full use of technological solutions.
The decision was taken during the border management review meeting
attended by Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, secretary
(Border Management), Shri Susheel Kumar along with senior officials.
In the review meeting, the home minister was briefed on the deployment
of adequate number of battalions of BSF in State of Assam, 223.7 km, and
construction of fence for sealing of Indo-Bangladesh Border. However, there are
122 locations (60.7 km.) where physical barrier is not present.
To achieve this objective, 100 locations covering 11.9 km
will have physical barrier i.e. fence and 22 locations covering 48.8 km. of
riverine areas will have non-physical barriers including technological barriers
which will completely seal this border by June, 2017.
The home minister was further directed for full use of
technological solutions like networking of equipments like high resolution
cameras, radars, unattended ground sensors, optical fibres, infra red sensors,
aerostats, hand-held thermal imagers etc. and integration of these with command
and control architecture.
Border Management secretary briefed the ministers about progress
of border security infrastructure and programmes it has undertaken. It was
informed that 4374 km fence, 5329.6 km border roads, 3974 km floodlights and
2420 nos.
It was also reported that Border Out Posts (BOPs) have been
constructed along the International Borders for security of the borders.
Further, major impediments hampering the development of border infrastructure
have been resolved during last two years which will increase the pace of
development of border infrastructure in coming years.
In the meeting it was also outlined that almost all the
remaining infrastructure works at the border will be completed in next three
years.
Additional Director General, Border Security
Force and Additional Director General (Border), CPWD are already on site visit
on Indo-Bangladesh Border in Assam to prepare comprehensive plan for sealing
the border by June, 2017 by means of physical and non-physical barriers.
During the meeting Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh gave directions that complete Indo-Bangladesh border in Assam should be sealed.— HMO India (@HMOIndia) June 2, 2016
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