India’s Border Safety Drive launches ‘Ops Alert’ alongside Bangladesh border

The Border Safety Drive (BSF) has launched a 10-day “OPS Alert” train alongside the India-Bangladesh border to bolster safety in the course of the 76th Republic Day celebrations.

The train, working from January 22 to 31, 2025, is being performed in mild of Bangladesh’s evolving state of affairs. In keeping with an official launch, BSF troops will carry out numerous safety drills in each ahead and in-depth areas alongside the border in the course of the train.

“Ops Alert commenced throughout all its discipline formations alongside the 4,096- km India-Bangladesh border to make sure heightened safety and strengthened border outposts. In the course of the interval of the “Ops Alert” train, patrolling and different domination duties alongside the Indo-Bangladesh border will likely be intensified,” the discharge said.

“On this regard, ADG (EC) and all officers reviewed the day and would possibly domination within the space of Jap Command. Ravi Gandhi, Extra Director Common (ADG) can also be visiting the border areas within the South Bengal Frontier to supervise the operational preparedness and strategic deployment of BSF. ADG has directed all discipline formations to reinforce vigil and keep alert, particularly alongside the riverine borders and unfenced gaps,” the discharge mentioned.

It additionally talked about that in the course of the ‘OPS Alert’ train, the troops will conduct numerous safety drills in-depth and ahead areas on the border. “Moreover, the validity of varied operational procedures to deal with the eventualities on borders in addition to reconciliation packages with the border inhabitants can even be performed. This “Ops Alert” train is being performed from January 22 to 31 2025,” the discharge mentioned.

The Republic Day Parade 2025 is all set to be a spectacular celebration of India’s cultural variety and army prowess, with a particular concentrate on 75 years of the enactment of the Indian Structure and Jan Bhagidari.

This 12 months’s parade will likely be graced by the presence of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, because the chief visitor.

In the meantime, the BSF Meghalaya troops foiled an unlawful border crossing try and arrested six Bangladeshi nationals who had entered India illegally.

The motion adopted a particular intelligence tip-off, resulting in a radical search operation within the East Jaintia Hills area alongside the Indo-Bangladesh border.

With inputs from companies