Union Home Minister Amit Shah inspects the surveillance system of the Border Out Post at Jumagachh BOP of the 18th Battalion of the BSF's North Bengal Frontier from the watchtower in Siliguri on July 18, 2026. Photo: X/AmitShah via ANI.
Kolkata Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday (July 18, 2026) said the Siliguri corridor in West Bengal, which was “once a corridor of infiltration under previous governments”, is now becoming synonymous with a secure border.As part of his three-day visit to the State, which ends on July 19, Mr. Shah visited the Jhumagachh Border Outpost (BOP) of the 18th Battalion of the BSF’s North Bengal Frontier in Siliguri, where he inspected indigenous and state-of-the-art technologies aimed at strengthening border security. “I reviewed the operational preparedness by observing the exhibition of the Intruder Warning System, Radio-based Fence Intrusion Detection System, Gate Management Software, and the Indigenous Border Security System installed on the new-design fence. Our borders, equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and modern alert systems, are becoming an ideal example of modern border security,” Mr. Shah wrote on social media.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviews the operational preparations during an exhibition at the Border Guarding Conference organised at the Jhumagaachh Border Outpost in Siliguri on July 18, 2026. Photo: X/@AmitShah via ANI.
