BSF to set up 5,500 security cameras on Indian borders

Chief of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) Pankaj Kumar Singh has said they will install 5,500 security cameras along the borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh.

“The central government has “sanctioned RS 30 crore for this procurement,” he said on Wednesday addressing the annual press conference in Delhi, reports the Hindustan Times.

They have been sanctioned the fund for surveillance cameras, drones and other monitoring gadgets, Singh said.

“We have got around 5,500 CCTV surveillance cameras and some other gadgets and the Union home ministry has sanctioned a Rs 30-crore fund for this procurement,” Singh said. Soon, he said, 5,500 security cameras will be installed in the front areas, both at borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh.

While terming the use of drones from across the border as a ‘major challenge’ for which they don’t have a foolproof solution yet, Singh said that BSF has developed “low-cost” technology solutions for monitoring infiltration, drone activity and other crimes at India’s border with Pakistan.

“We will find solutions in the times to come and we are increasingly detecting and killing the drones,” he said.

“We have tried to enhance the surveillance in border areas in a big way. This entails use of surveillance cameras and drones on the western and eastern theatres (Pakistan and Bangladesh fronts respectively).”

India and Bangladesh share 4,096 km land border, of which 1,880 km is shared with the northeastern states of Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya and Mizoram.