The Times of India reports that both fencing
and flood lighting projects along the Indo-Bangladesh
border in Tripura have been affected severely
due to the delay caused by adverse weather
condition and non-availability of support
service from concerned departments. Installation
of floodlights on the entire 4,095-kilometer
stretch of the Indo-Bangladesh border, including
856- kilometer in the State and 2,840 kilometer
in Northeast is targeted to be completed this
year [2012]. A Border Security Force (BSF)
report said that floodlighting for 132 kilometer
is ready for installation in the western border
of the State but Tripura State Electricity
Corporation Ltd (TSECL) has provided
power connection only for 34 kilometer so
far. In the State, fencing was scheduled to
be completed by March 2011 but almost 22 per
cent of the border with Bangladesh in the
state is left unfenced, the progress report
said. However, State ‘chief secretary’ Dr
S K Panda in this regard maintained that
non-availability of allocated fund from Union
Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA) in time
is the reason for the delayed work. |
