SHILLONG: The Border Security Force (BSF) will use a different technology in areas along the Bangladesh border where fencing is not possible.
Around 12-13 km border stretch remains unfenced due to riverine areas and other factors.
A BSF officer said, “As far as land acquisition is concerned, the matter has to be dealt with by the government and the construction company.”
The officer also said the Border Guard Bangladesh “has no issue” with fencing on most of the stretches and “a formal approval will take some time”.
The border sentinels of both the countries had earlier surveyed the areas in Meghalaya where fencing would be installed.
Fencing is being installed at Borsora in West Khasi Hills and other in other areas. More than 100km of fencing is yet to be constructed in the state, the BSF officer informed.
Meghalaya shares 443 km with Bangladesh. Many pressure groups had been opposing the fencing work and demanding that it should come up from zero line and not inside the 150 yards of the Indian territory as farmers would lose their cultivable land.
The Supreme Court is now monitoring the work.
Meanwhile, the BSF officer said the work for installing floodlights along the border is going on though the progress is slow.
