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BGB to boost its foothold in CHT
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BGB to boost its foothold in CHT
PHOTO : Indo-Bangla Border, Chittagong Hill Tracts. TIWN Photo

AGARTALA, May 29 (TIWN): To strengthen its foothold in the Indo-Bangla border, the Bangladesh Border Guards (BGB) has decided to establish Border Outpost (BOPs) along ‘unmanned’ Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), high placed sources confirmed here today.Altogether 22 BOPs would be established CHT, considered as militant hotbed within next two/ three years and four such BGB-run security posts would be set up by end of this year.

Currently, the BGB has thin presence in CHT due to lack of communication facilities and other logistic supports. In fact, the BGB authority is maintaining ‘surveillance’ in vulnerable border areas either by choppers or on foot which is troublesome.

And taking the advantage of the unmanned borderline, anti-Indian elements have been using some areas of CHT for long. Now, the BGB wants to increase its presence in CHT and its border line with Tripura to stop cross border movement of insurgents.

BSF sources confirmed the BGB’s plan to strengthening its base in CHT which shares Tripura’s eastern segment of border and parts of Mizoram borderline. “We are aware about the BGB’s plan of setting up new BOPs in strategic border locations in CHT. If the plan is implemented, it will have a good impact on the effective border management by both side”, said a BSF official here today. Insurgents have been reportedly using Tripura-Mizoram border with Bangladesh taking the advantage of virtually unmanned border line. 

According to intelligence inputs, several patches of state’s eastern border is still unfenced despite efforts to fence the borderline at the earliest. Cross border movement of insurgents is reportedly taking place in the eastern side of the Indo-Bangla border.

Gandacherra, Ganganagar, Chawmanu, Kanchapur and parts of Korbok consist of 129 km state’s eastern frontier border.

Latest reports say, 694 km Indo-Bangla border of the 864 km (sanctioned) has been fenced so far while the remaining portion mostly in eastern sector would be completed by end of 2015. Once the border is fully fenced, the security arrangement along the Indo-Bangla border would be more effective, according to security agencies.     

 

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