On July 14, 2009, the Minister of State in the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, Mullapally Ramachandran, provided data on the infiltration along the India-Bangladesh border in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament). The statement is provided below:
Lok Sabha
The year-wise apprehensions of illegal Bangladeshi Nationals by the Border Guarding Forces on the Indo-Bangladesh Border (IBB) during the last three years and the current year are as under:
As per available information, the infiltration has decreased.
Government has drawn action plan and has adopted a multi-pronged strategy for effective domination of international border including the following: Construction of border fencing, patrol roads and flood lighting along international borders, includes the Indo-Bangladesh border.
Round the clock surveillance of the borders by Border Guarding Forces (BSF in the case of IBB).
For effective domination of international borders by the Border Guarding Forces, additional 509 Border Out Posts (BOPs) have been sanctioned along Indo-Bangladesh and Indo-Pak Borders.
Introduction of modern surveillance equipments including night vision devices, etc. for effective border domination.
Up-gradation of intelligence machinery.
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Shri Mullappally Ramachandran, in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
Source: Press Information Bureau, Government of India