Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed that Border Security Force (BSF) cameras along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura be upgraded and linked to the district administration, making the state the first to implement the Centre’s new CCTV-based border security model.
The directions were issued during a border security review meeting chaired by Shah at the BSF’s Tripura Frontier headquarters, attended by Chief Minister Manik Saha, Chief Secretary J K Sinha, DGP Anurag Dhankar, and other senior officers.
Under the model, the civil administration will work alongside the BSF in managing border security, with the system to be extended to other states sharing the India-Bangladesh border, officials said.
Shah also directed district magistrates to maintain close surveillance on financial transactions in border areas, construction of large buildings, and property transactions, and to conduct an examination of land records of the last five years.
The Home Minister instructed authorities to organise camps to train residents living along the border to deal with threats related to narcotics trafficking and illegal arms, involving patwaris, local police, and BSF personnel.
