The 60 km-long India-Bangladesh border along Assam's Dhubri district will now be equipped with underwater and underground sonar sensors to detect amy illegal cross-border activities.



A wide range of electronic gadgets are being installed along the riverine border in Dhubri district to stop trans-border movement, activities and this has been taken up under a project called BOLD-QIT (Border Electronically Dominated Quick Response Team Interception Technique) under the Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS).



Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate the BOLD-QIT project on Tuesday along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Assam's Dhubri district aiming to curb all cross-border crimes, other activities.



The Union home minister along with Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will formally inaugurate the project at Barmanpara headquarters of the Border Security Forces (BSF).



This project will keep the terrain borders as well as the riverine borders under surveillance round the clock.

(Photo: Manogya Loiwal)

A top official of BSF confirmed that this will make the security system error-free as the forces would be able to make the land, water as well as underwater border and airspace free from any kind of encroachments.



Assam's Dhubri district shares border with the Bangladesh comprising mainly of Brahmaputra river and a little portion in the Gadadhar river making it considerably the longest riverine border in the country.

Assam has been facing the biggest issue of illegal migration from Bangladesh since 1970's making National Register of Citizens a need and compulsion for the state.



The Union Home Minister had inaugurated two smart fencing projects of five kilometres each on the Indo-Pakistan border in Jammu in September last year.

Rajnath Singh said, "This project will help the BSF to detect any cross-border crimes and other illegal activities. It is a unique project taken by the Union government and hope it will implement other international borders also."

The Union Home Minister further added, "It will take time to completely seal the Indo-Bangladesh border."

With inputs from Hemanta Kumar Nath

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