Over the following two years, all gaps along the border between Pakistan and Bangladesh will be filled in: HM Amit Chauhan

According to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, work is being done to close gaps in a 60-kilometer region along India’s two main borders with Bangladesh and Pakistan, which would be fully secured over the next two years.

Shah was addressing after his salute from the BSF’s ceremonial march, which was held in honor of the BSF’s 59th Raising Day festivities.

The minister said that in the nine years since taking office, the Narendra Modi administration has sealed and fortified gaps along around 560 kilometers of the borders between Bangladesh and Pakistan and India.

According to him, work is only progressing on around 60 km of these two borders, which are on the western and eastern flanks of India, respectively, and all of the gaps are being filled in.

We will completely protect these two borders in the next two years, according to Shah.

Long riverine, mountainous, and marshy terrain define the 2,290 km India-Pakistan International Border and the 4,096 km India-Bangladesh Border. Because these areas are difficult to fence, the BSF and other agencies deploy technological devices to monitor infiltration.

“I really think that without strong borders, a nation cannot grow and thrive.The BSF and other troops that the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent to secure the borders allowed the nation to send its first astronauts to the moon, host the G20 Summit, and move its economy from the eleventh to the fifth rank.

At the ‘Meru’ training camp here, the minister addressed the BSF staff, saying, “You, the BSF, are the essential pillar of this journey.”

“In my opinion, the border wall just assists in carrying out this duty; it does not, by itself, save the nation. This mission is carried out by the courageous BSF jawan, he said.

The border force, which has a strength of around 2.65 lakh, was established on December 1, 1965, and its main duty is to protect India’s 6,386 km-long borders with Bangladesh and Pakistan.

The home minister said that border security was given top priority by every BJP government that came to power in the nation, from the Modi administration to the time of previous Prime Minister A B Vajpayee.

The Modi government integrated security, development, and democratic processes along with a strong infrastructure and the start of welfare measures for the local population living on the front, he said, while Atal Ji’s (Atal Bihari Vajpayee) government brought a “integrated” approach for border security.

“Apart from land trade, we strengthened rail, road, waterway, and telephone communication connectivity,” he said.

The home minister said that over the previous nine years, his administration built 510 observation towers, 452 new border posts, and connected 637 border posts to power. Additionally, 500 of these facilities received piped water on different fronts.

Speaking about Left Wing Extremism (LWE), Shah said that the nation was on the verge of eradicating this violent and militant movement led by Maoist operatives.

He claimed that throughout the previous 10 years, there has been a 52% decrease in Naxal violent occurrences, a 70% decrease in fatalities related to these incidents, and a 176 percent decrease in the number of damaged police stations.

“The final assault on LWE by the BSF, CRPF, and ITBP is already underway. We’re committed to eradicate naxalism from the nation,” he said.

The minister continued by saying that over the previous 10 years, up to 199 additional security force camps have been created in the LWE impacted regions.

He said, “I’m confident we’ll win this battle.”

We have defeated the insurgency in the northeast, LWE, and the “hotspots” of Jammu and Kashmir in the past ten years of the Modi administration, he said, and the security forces have solidified their dominance in the region.