<p>The India-Bangladesh border in Tripura will be completely fenced by next year to ensure fool-proof security, a top BSF official said on Saturday.</p>.<p>Border Security Force Inspector General (Tripura Frontier), Sushanta Kumar Nath, said that 80-85 per cent of the 856-km-long India-Bangladesh international border in the northeastern state has already been fenced.</p>.<p>"Substantial fencing work has been done in the Tripura's eastern sector last year, and work on a 31-km porous stretch has been taken up on a priority basis. Single row fencing has gained momentum in the state's western sector, and 10 km was fenced last year," he told reporters.</p>.<p>Setting up of floodlights is going hand-in-hand with fencing work, he said.</p>.<p>"We are hopeful of completing fencing and setting up of floodlights along the entire stretch of the India-Bangladesh border in the state by next year," he said.</p>.<p>Highlighting the BSF's achievement in containing insurgency in Tripura, he said that 31 NLFT insurgents have surrendered to the border guards since 2017.</p>.<p>"Two more militants of proscribed outfit National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) surrendered to the BSF today. One of them had undergone arms training," he said.</p>.<p>The BSF arrested 218 people for sneaking across the international border, and seized contraband items worth Rs 35.64 crore last year, he added.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>The India-Bangladesh border in Tripura will be completely fenced by next year to ensure fool-proof security, a top BSF official said on Saturday.</p>.<p>Border Security Force Inspector General (Tripura Frontier), Sushanta Kumar Nath, said that 80-85 per cent of the 856-km-long India-Bangladesh international border in the northeastern state has already been fenced.</p>.<p>"Substantial fencing work has been done in the Tripura's eastern sector last year, and work on a 31-km porous stretch has been taken up on a priority basis. Single row fencing has gained momentum in the state's western sector, and 10 km was fenced last year," he told reporters.</p>.<p>Setting up of floodlights is going hand-in-hand with fencing work, he said.</p>.<p>"We are hopeful of completing fencing and setting up of floodlights along the entire stretch of the India-Bangladesh border in the state by next year," he said.</p>.<p>Highlighting the BSF's achievement in containing insurgency in Tripura, he said that 31 NLFT insurgents have surrendered to the border guards since 2017.</p>.<p>"Two more militants of proscribed outfit National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) surrendered to the BSF today. One of them had undergone arms training," he said.</p>.<p>The BSF arrested 218 people for sneaking across the international border, and seized contraband items worth Rs 35.64 crore last year, he added.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>