Flood Damages 180 Meters of the Indo-Bangladesh Border Road at Shishumara BOP, BSF Appeals to Govt for Repairs

South Salmara, September 3, 2019:

Assam was hit by a deadly deluge this year, which has caused significant damage to the Indo-Bangladesh Border on July 15 this year.

180 meters of the Indo-Bangladesh Border Road (IBBR) and Indo-Bangladesh Border Fencing (IBBF) was washed away in the flood that hit the Shishumara BOP region of the Border Security Force (BSF) on July 15, 2019. The border point is only 150 yards away from Bangladesh’s Kurigarm village.

Speaking to Inside Northeast, Assistant Commandant, Lakhmi Chand said that this was the first-ever incident of such high-intensity flood that he had witnessed this year.

“Earlier, the flood reached to the level of the base of the road, but this year, the intensity of the flood was so high that it washed away a 180m stretch of the IBBF and IBBR, within 30-40 mins of its occurrence.

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Close to this region, nearly 400m is the Ashmeralgah BOP was also under the effects of the devastating flood (up to 5-6 feet).

"However, the jawans evacuated the people stuck in the flood in the nearby village to a safer region,” he added.

Chand also added that despite such conditions, the domination along the border was maintained by the security forces.

The Assistant Commandant also mentioned that despite adverse weather conditions, the jawans of the BSF do not leave their grounds and stand still keeping a hawk-eyed vision along the border.

“The vigilance party is divided into two, i.e. Observation Party that patrols at day and Ambush Cum Patrolling party that patrols at the night. The lost connectivity of the road is temporarily maintained using boats until the road is reconstructed,” he added.

Chand also mentioned that the BSF has reached out to the district administration to conduct repairs of the washed off-road. Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has also visited the BOP and assured to initiate actions soon.

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