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Second line of defence
With infiltration from Bangladesh posing a threat to the security of India, sealing the international border with the neighbouring country has become the need of the hour, but it is unfortunate that the State and Central Governments miserably failed in this regard and the slow progress of construction of border roads and fencing even raised doubts on the sincerity of the Government in checking illegal migration. Nearly ten years have passed since the decision to raise a second line of defence to be deployed behind the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel was taken, but the force is yet to become fully functional mainly because of the failure of the Government to act on time. The decision to raise the second line of defence was taken in a tripartite meeting on implementation of the Assam Accord involving the State and Central Governments and the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) as it was felt that the new force of Assam Police personnel would be able to detect any illegal migrant who manages to sneak past the first line of defence, that is the BSF men posted along the international border. It was decided that a thousand personnel would be deployed for the purpose and they would be deployed in the vulnerable areas along the border with Bangladesh. It was also decided that the personnel of the second line of defence and BSF would carry out joint patrolling in the vulnerable areas. But till date, the Government failed to appoint adequate personnel to make the new force fully functional, while necessary infrastructure facilities have also not been provided. One fails to understand what prevented the Government to appoint a thousand personnel and to make the basic infrastructure available to enable the new force to function properly. Lack of sincerity may be the only reason for the delay.
Moreover, the border police force is yet to receive due attention from the Government. Over the years, the vacant posts have not been filled up. The border police force, if it receives due attention from the Government can play a vital role in detection and deportation of foreigners. But the force is always neglected and there have been instances when the personnel of the force including officers posted in different districts are engaged in normal law and order duties, which seriously affects their assigned tasks. Till date, the river police wing of the border police does not have a single police station near the international border and all the police stations are located in areas far away from the riverine international border. However, on the positive side, the Government recently mooted a proposal to create a new battalion of the river police with speed boats and other infrastructure and one hopes that the new proposal will not meet the same fate like the proposal to create the second line of defence. source: assam tribune editorial
Second line of defence
With infiltration from Bangladesh posing a threat to the security of India, sealing the international border with the neighbouring country has become the need of the hour, but it is unfortunate that the State and Central Governments miserably failed in this regard and the slow progress of construction of border roads and fencing even raised doubts on the sincerity of the Government in checking illegal migration. Nearly ten years have passed since the decision to raise a second line of defence to be deployed behind the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel was taken, but the force is yet to become fully functional mainly because of the failure of the Government to act on time. The decision to raise the second line of defence was taken in a tripartite meeting on implementation of the Assam Accord involving the State and Central Governments and the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) as it was felt that the new force of Assam Police personnel would be able to detect any illegal migrant who manages to sneak past the first line of defence, that is the BSF men posted along the international border. It was decided that a thousand personnel would be deployed for the purpose and they would be deployed in the vulnerable areas along the border with Bangladesh. It was also decided that the personnel of the second line of defence and BSF would carry out joint patrolling in the vulnerable areas. But till date, the Government failed to appoint adequate personnel to make the new force fully functional, while necessary infrastructure facilities have also not been provided. One fails to understand what prevented the Government to appoint a thousand personnel and to make the basic infrastructure available to enable the new force to function properly. Lack of sincerity may be the only reason for the delay.
Moreover, the border police force is yet to receive due attention from the Government. Over the years, the vacant posts have not been filled up. The border police force, if it receives due attention from the Government can play a vital role in detection and deportation of foreigners. But the force is always neglected and there have been instances when the personnel of the force including officers posted in different districts are engaged in normal law and order duties, which seriously affects their assigned tasks. Till date, the river police wing of the border police does not have a single police station near the international border and all the police stations are located in areas far away from the riverine international border. However, on the positive side, the Government recently mooted a proposal to create a new battalion of the river police with speed boats and other infrastructure and one hopes that the new proposal will not meet the same fate like the proposal to create the second line of defence. source: assam tribune editorial
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