inaugurated BSF’s floating border outposts (BOPs) at Hingalganj in Sunderbans area of North 24 Parganas district
flagged off a boat ambulance
Key-points
The six modern floating border outposts (BOPs) of the BSF were inaugurated at the South Bengal Frontier.
The six floating BOPs are named Sutlej, Narmada, Kaveri, Ganga, Sabarmati, and Krishna.
The number of floating BOPs has been increased to intensify the Border Security Force’s abilities to carry out surveillance in the inaccessible areas of the mangrove-rich Sundarbans in West Bengal.
The boat ambulance facility is also being commenced to provide medical assistance in these remote areas of ??the forests, from Sahebkhali to Shamshernagar.
The Floating Border Posts are equipped with all the modern facilities and safety equipment and their front part is made bulletproof for the safety of the soldiers.
Other developments
Shah also laid the foundation stone of ‘Maitri Sangrahalaya’ at Haridaspur – a museum to raise public awareness about the bravery of BSF during the 1971 India-Pakistan war.
