India has a very large land border, covering around 15,106 km. The country shares its borders with seven countries - Bangladesh, China, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar and Bhutan, as well as a small portion with Afghanistan. Varied terrain, climatic conditions and hostile neighbours make our borders complex and border management an important aspect of our security.
Effective border management calls for proper planning and measures that secure our frontiers and safeguard us from the risks involved in the movement of goods and people from India to other countries and vice versa.
Smart border management with technological solutions is one step towards improving border security...
In September last year, Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched two smart fencing pilot projects of five kilometers each along the India-Pakistan international border in Jammu.
On March 5th, 2019, the Home Minister inaugurated the electronic surveillance project along the Indo-Bangladesh border...
Assam's Dhubri district shares border with Bangladesh comprising mainly of Brahmaputra river and a little portion in the Gadadhar river which makes it the longest riverine border in the country.
How will electronic surveillance help the BSF in guarding our borders...and how effective will the system prove to be towards effective border managment... we analyse today IN DEPTH...
Anchor - Teena Jha
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