BGB installs modern surveillance system on 8.3km border

Country's first integrated surveillance network has been installed by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on an 8.3-kilometre stretch of border with India at Putkhali of Benapole.

The new surveillance system, “Border Surveillance and Response System (BSRS)”, has heralded a new era of border security that will help BGB curb smuggling and human trafficking, Maj Gen Mohammad Shafeenul Islam, director general of BGB, told journalists while visiting the Putkhali border on Monday.

Various modern surveillance equipment including thermal cameras, high-end CCTV cameras, radars and different types of sensory devices are incorporated in the BSRS.

After implementing BSRS in the remote areas along the Putkhali border, smuggling and human trafficking have been contained remarkably and the area has been declared as “Crime Free Zone”, Maj Gen Shafeenul said.

Currently 399 kilometres along the border have been identified as high-risk and if the BSRS is proven effective, it will be installed in those areas eventually, said sources at BGB. 

India's Border Security Force at Petrapole camp sent a bouquet to the BGB chief during his visit to Benapole post of BGB earlier in the day. 

High officials of BGB including Col Touhidul Islam, commander of BGB's Khulna sector; and Ashraful Alam Liton, mayor of Benapole municipality; accompanied the DG of BGB.