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BSF's Floating BOPs

  • Posted By
    10Pointer
  • Categories
    Polity & Governance
  • Published
    6th May, 2022

Context

Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently

  • 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.

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