Summary:
The Border Security Force (BSF) has proposed relocation of villages in Tripura lying ahead of the border fencing with Bangladesh. There are several villages in Tripura, which lie beyond the international border fencing, making them vulnerable from the security perspective. Indian villages lying beyond the fencing are not safe because residents of these villages often visit Bangladesh and Bangladeshi nationals also come to the Indian villages without any restrictions, BSF sources pointed out. The BSF authorities are mulling a plan to shift all Indian villages from beyond the fencing to inside the fencing for safety of the border residents. It is learnt that the BSF DG has sought Tripura chief minister's intervention in carrying out the strategic plan..