GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 191 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21STJULY, 2015/ ASHADHA 30, 1937(SAKA)

INFILTRATION AND SMUGGLING ALONG BORDERS

191. SHRI ABHIJIT MUKHERJEE: SHRI SANKAR PRASAD DATTA: SHRI DEVAJIBHAI G. FATEPARA: SHRIMATI VANAROJA R.:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the cases of infiltration and smuggling reported and the number of infiltrators/smugglers arrested and killed at various international borders during the current year, State and border-wise;

(b) the status of fencing and flood highlighting, State and border- wise;

(c) the details of roads constructed along the border areas to check smuggling and infiltration, border-wise; and

(d) the measures taken by the Government to check smuggling and infiltration at international borders of the country?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI )

(a) The details regarding cases of infiltration and smuggling, no. of infiltrators/smugglers arrested and killed at various international borders during the current year (up to 30/6/2015), State and border- wise are at Annexure.

(b) The fencing and floodlighting has been sanctioned by the Government along the Indo-Bangladesh and Indo-Pakistan borders. Fencing has also been sanctioned in a small patch of about 10 km along the Indo-Myanmar border. --2/-

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LS.US.Q.NO. 191. DATED FOR 21.07.2015

The details of fencing and floodlighting along the Indo-Bangladesh border are as under: (length in km) Name of the Fencing Floodlighting State Sanctioned Completed Sanctioned Completed West Bengal 1464.78 1241.725 1411.13 1119.59 229.03 223.89 208.74 155.30 453.41 349.8 443.00 170.00 834.51 749.86 718.47 660.00 344.41 142.89 335.66 46.20 Total 3326.14 2708.165 3117.00 2151.09

The details of fencing and floodlighting along the Indo-Pakistan border are as under: (length in Km) Name of the Fencing Floodlighting State Sanctioned Completed Sanctioned Completed Punjab 488.79 488.79 481.64 481.64 Rajasthan 1056.63 1048.27 1022.80 1022.80 Jammu 186 186 186 176.40 International Border Gujarat 340 262.7 340 293 TOTAL 2071.42 1985.76 2030.44 1973.84

Indo-Myanmar Border:

The fencing along the Indo-Myanmar border has been sanctioned only in the State of for a stretch of 10.00 km., out of which about 4.00 km of work has been completed.

(c) The Government has sanctioned roads in border areas from strategic point of view to check smuggling and infiltration along the Indo-Bangladesh, Indo-China, Indo-Nepal, Indo-Bhutan and Indo- Pakistan borders. The border-wise details are as follows:

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LS.US.Q.NO. 191. DATED FOR 21.07.2015

Border Sanctioned Roads Completed Roads Indo-Bangladesh 4379.07 km 3560.76 km Indo-Pakistan 473.26 km 394.54 km Indo-China 3773.77 km 2128.79 km Indo-Nepal 1377 km 27.34 km Indo-Bhutan 313 Km --

(d) Government has adopted a multi-pronged approach for effective domination and to check trans-border crimes including smuggling and infiltration along the International Borders of the country. The steps taken in this regard inter-alia include:

• Effective domination of the borders by the Border Guarding Forces (BGFs) through carrying out round the clock surveillance of the borders by patrolling nakas (border ambushes) and by deploying observation posts all along the international borders of the country.

• The riverine segments of International Borders of the country are being patrolled and dominated with the help of water crafts/speed boats/floating Border Out Posts (BOPs) of Border Guarding Forces (BGFs).

• Usages of Hi-Tech surveillance equipments along with day and night vision devices for further enhancing the border domination.

• Vulnerability mapping of the Border Out Posts (BOPs) which are sensitive with regard to infiltration/smuggling along the Borders has been carried out. These identified BOPs have been strengthened by deploying additional manpower, Special Surveillance Equipment, vehicles and other infrastructure support.

• Construction of fence, border roads, floodlights and additional Border Out Posts(BOPs) along the Borders.

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LS.US.Q.NO. 191. DATED FOR 21.07.2015

Annexure

Details of Smuggling and infiltration figures State and border-wise

States Infiltrators/ Border crossers Smuggling Cases Arrested Killed Cases Arrested Killed Assam 03 03 01 1093 21 01 Indo- West Bengal 466 1514 12 10044 1317 11 Bangladesh Meghalaya 15 41 00 827 12 00 Border Mizoram 02 02 00 16 11 00

Tripura 18 32 00 1588 50 00

States Infiltrators/ Border crossers Smuggling Cases Arrested Killed Cases Arrested Killed J & K 25 03 01 03 02 01 Indo-Pakistan Punjab 11 11 07 42 15 05 Border Rajasthan 05 06 00 21 10 00 Gujarat 01 01 00 02 01 00

States Infiltrators/ Border crossers Smuggling Cases Arrested Killed Cases Arrested Killed Uttar Pradesh 02 03 00 529 173 00 Indo-Nepal Uttarakhand 00 00 00 56 19 00 Border Bihar 00 00 00 965 505 00 West Bengal 01 01 00 254 175 00 00 00 00 02 02 00

States Infiltrators/ Border crossers Smuggling Cases Arrested Killed Cases Arrested Killed West Bengal 00 00 00 163 32 00 Indo-Bhutan 00 00 00 01 00 00 Border Assam 00 00 00 192 220 00 Sikkim 00 00 00 00 00 00

LS.US.Q.NO. 191. DATED FOR 21.07.2015

States Infiltrators/ Border crossers Smuggling Cases Arrested Killed Cases Arrested Killed Manipur 16 19 02 36 42 00 Indo- 18 20 01 19 18 00 Myanmar Arunachal Pradesh 18 21 03 09 08 00 Border Mizoram 00 00 00 25 22 00

States Infiltrators/ Border crossers Smuggling Cases Arrested Killed Cases Arrested Killed J&K 00 00 00 00 00 00 Indo-China Arunachal Pradesh 04 04 00 00 00 00 Border Himachal Pradesh 00 00 00 00 00 00 Sikkim 00 00 00 00 00 00 Uttarakhand 00 00 00 00 00 00