Border outposts in Province 2 to be increased to 123

MAHOTTARI: The Armed Police Force has been increasing the number of Border Outposts as the infection of COVID-19 increases in Province 2 no. 2.

The APF is working to increase the number of BOPs from the existing 50 to 123, according to the chief of the APF battalion in Chinnamsta DIG Krishnabhakta Brahmacharya.

The BOPs are being increased as the need was felt to increase vigilance to check untoward activities in the border area and control the spread of coronavirus.

Province 2 no. 2 shares 464 kilometers with India and 73 new BOPs are being added in three phases, said DIG Brahmacharya. The first phase will see 12 news posts followed by 24 and 37 in the second and third phases.

Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the Province 2, the APF has also set up 59 forward operating base (FOB) in various border transit points of the Province 2.

The FOB has stopped people’s illegal entry into the country and sent people cleared for entry to the quarantine centers. The APF has been running 559 beds quarantine in 20 different locations of the Province 2.

It has also been coordinating with the border vigilance committee led by ward chairs of the 133 wards in eight districts’ local levels, neighboring the border with India. RSS