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Indian Concern Over Open Border Between Nepal And India
By KTM Metro Reporter
April 17, 2012: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Monday, April 16, 2012 that the 726-km long open Bihar border with Nepal has been a matter of concern for his state, as the border areas are plagued with a plethora of problems like illegal infiltration, smuggling of narcotics, fake currency notes, human trafficking and criminal activities, to name a few; heavy deployment of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) jawans along the border is required; speedy construction work on border roads and regular joint surveillance on the border by the police of both the countries were needed, ‘The Times of India’ writes today.
Detailing the internal security scenario in his opening remarks at the annual conference of Chief Ministers on internal security on Monday, April 16, 2012, Home Minister P Chidambaram said, “Every week has witnessed attempts to infiltrate, into India and new routes appear to have been opened via Nepal and Bangladesh.” “At the last conference, I had cautioned that there was no let-up in the attempts to strike terror whenever there was an opportunity. The International Border and the Line of Control in the West continue to remain vulnerable, he said according to the news posted on the dailypioneer.com on April 17, 2012.
Speaking at the internal security conference of chief ministers in New Delhi, India on Monday, April 16, 2012, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has said that the open Indo-Nepal border is emerging as a possible ingress point for anti-national elements because of strict vigil on the country's borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh according to the news posted in ‘The Times of India’ of April 16, 2012.
The newly elected UP Chief Minister has said that the 550km-long open border of the state with Nepal requires special policing arrangement to put a check on any possible anti-national activity. He also draw the attention of the center for establishing an adequate number of integrated check-posts and special police arrangements to control any possible anti-national activities along the 550-km border his state shares with Nepal.
"The border is porous (open) and hence it is of great concern that this border could be used for infiltration and I propose that the union government and the state government set up a combined mechanism against the terror threat as well as the serious issue of fake currency being smuggled through here," he said.
