BSF Tripura Frontier Inspector General (IG) Aloke Kumar Chakraborty on Sunday (November 30, 2025) said the proposal for a new design of barbed wire fencing along the India-Bangladesh border is under the consideration of the Centre.
India shares a 4,096 km international border with Bangladesh, out of which Tripura has 856 km border with the neighbouring country.
"Barbed wire fencing in most of the places along the India-Bangladesh Border (IBB) has outlived its life. In Tripura, weather conditions [heavy rainfall] have also affected the fencing along the international border. We are in the process of replacing the old fencing," he told PTI.
IG Chakraborty said the proposal for the erection of new and improved fencing is under active consideration of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
"We are hopeful that the erection of a new design of fencing will start very shortly to enhance the border management," he said.
