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ndia’s Border Security Infrastructure: Land Borders

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India’s Border Security Infrastructure: Land Borders

Introduction

India has land borders extending over 15,107 km and a coastline 7,517 km

in length. A total of Ninety-two Indian districts, spread over 17 states, are

classified as border districts. Large tracts of India’s political borders are

either disputed, poorly demarcated or not demarcated by natural features.

In addition to the risk of conventional international disputes, these

uncertain borders also present the challenge of cross-border infiltration,

illegal migration, smuggling and other forms of criminal activity. Security of

land and maritime borders is also critical to safeguarding India’s trading

interests. Maritime borders are additional vulnerable due to proximity tocritical infrastructures such as ports, oil refineries, space stations, atomic

power plans and naval bases.

Better intelligence, force modernization and meeting equipment needs are

immediate priorities in border management. The Indian Ministry of Home

Affairs has in the recent past paid special attention to border fencing and

border road works. Coordination of Central and state-level efforts and the

appropriate mix of trade and immigration policies will demand similar

attention over the medium term.

Key Initiatives

Road works: The Ministry of Home Affairs’ Annual Action Plan V sets a

target of construction of 450 km of roads along the India-Bangladesh

border and 70 km along the Gujarat sector of the India-Pakistan border.

This includes spillovers from Action Plan IV. In addition construction of

Gadhauli-Hazipir-Santalpur road over a length of about 255 Km (130 Km

new road and 125 Km road to be upgraded) is reported to have

commenced in April 2011. Approval of Government of India has also

been secured for construction / upgradation of 1377 Km (173 Km inUttrakhand, 640 Km in Uttar Pradesh and 564 Km in Bihar) of border

roads along Indo-Nepal border construction of 313 Km of border roads

in Assam along Indo-Bhutan border.

Fencing: The table below suggest that 800 and 100 kilometers of

fencing remains pending along the India-Bangladesh and India-Pakistan

borders respectively. This represents an opportunity of USD 151 mn

along the border with Bangladesh to meet the target of 150 km set for

March 2012. This is in addition to the opportunity for replacement of

damaged fencing also valued in excess of USD 150 mn.

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Distance in

Km

Sanctioned Comple

India-

Bangladesh3437 2735

India-

Pakistan2044 1926

Border Fencing Works (Source: Ministry of

Home Affairs)



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Floodlighting: The targeted distance for floodlighting along India's

border with Bangladesh for 2011-12 is 825 km. This is in addition to

spillovers from Action Plan IV which include poles (295 km), cables (515

km), fixtures (745 km) and energization (875 km). Along the India-

Pakistan border the floodlighting target to be achieved for 2011-12 is

121 km including spillovers.

A number of tenders for fencing and floodlighting work are currently

invited by the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Border Security Force.

These tenders may be accessed at http://tenders.gov.in/.

Border Out Posts: Government of India has approved construction of an

additional 383 border outposts along the Indo-Bangladesh border and

an additional 126 along the Indo-Pakistan border. Construction of these

additional BOPs will provide all necessary infrastructures for the

accommodation, logistic support and the combat functions of the

Border Security Force troops.The work of construction of all 509 border outposts has been awarded

to Engineering Project India Limited, National Project Construction

Corporation and Central Public Works Department at an estimated

budget of USD 344mn.

Air Support: Both the Border Security Force and the Border Roads

organization require air support services, chiefly in the form of

helicopters, for reconnaissance and rescue sorties as well as transport

logistics.

The Border Security Force has been deploying MI-17 helicopters for

counter-insurgency operations. A tender has been issued for supply of ground support equipment for the MI-17 1V through original

equipment manufacturer or its sale or service.

Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd. has been the supplier of helicopter support

services to the Border Roads Organization in the North East of India. Its

MI172 helicopters have supported the Border Roads Organization

through transfer of machinery, equipment, manpower and materials.

Opportunity Assessment

Budgets

Border Infrastructure accounts for a significant proportion of the

Government of India's anticipated military expenditure of USD 97 bn

over the next 5 years.

USD 11 bn is expected to be spent on for development of military

infrastructure and capabilities.

Capability development along northern borders is expected to cost an

additional USD 4.5 Bn.



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Opportunity segments

Since 2009, many private companies – Indian and foreign - have

participated in and won tenders for procurement of border surveillance

equipment.

Communication Equipment: Under this head, the Border Security Forceand the Indo-Tibetan Border Police have acquired Digital VHF mobile

radio sets, UHF hand-held radio sets, equipment for integration of voice

and data on strategic communication network, field telephones,

monitoring receivers, unit-level switch boards and video conferencing

systems. Beneficiaries in awarded contracts in this segment have been

Globus Infocom Ltd., ACE Business Solutions, PAN Communications Ltd.,

Bharat Electronics Ltd., KAPTEL Overseas Ltd., NIIT Technologies, Adino

Telecom Ltd., Realtime System Ltd., ITI Ltd., Mobile Communication Pvt.

Ltd., Indian Ordnance Factory (Chandigarh), ITL Ltd.

Surveillance Equipment: In this category of equipment significant recent

procurements have been made of Search Mirrors, Passive Night Visionfor INSAS Rifles, Hand-held Search Lights, Video Camera Recorder,

Global Positioning System, Global Information System Software and

Hardware, Passive Night Vision Binocular and Monocular Models,

Handheld Thermal Imager, Battle Field Surveillance Radar by the Border

Security Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Sashastra Seema Bal and the

National Security Guard. Companies who have been awarded contracts

include Bharat Electronics Ltd., NIIT GIS Ltd., Alpha-ITL, RSI Softech India

Ltd., GPS India Network Pvt Ltd., Videology, Security Instruments, Static

Systems Electronics Ltd., Point Blank Defense Systems, Rolta, Zen

Technologies Ltd., HBL.

Weapons, Bullet-proof and Bomb-disposal: In this cluster of equipmentcontracts have been awarded for AGL & Grenade, Grenade .90,

Automatic Mortar Fire Data Controller, Bomb Suit, Explosive Detector,

Deep Search Metal/Mine Detector, Machine Pistol Model 5, Commando

Dagger, Door Buster, Hand Grenade Training Simulator, Infantry

Weapon Effect Simulator, Non Linear Junction Detector, Bullet Proof

Helmet. Among beneficiary companies are Anjani Technoplast Ltd.,

Laggar Industries Ltd., Bharat Electronics Ltd., Zen Technologies Ltd.,

Security Shoppe India, Eskay Enterprises, Heckler and Koch GmbH, Rotax

Electronics Ltd., Digital Integrator Ltd., Standard Fireworks Ltd., FSUE

Rosoboronexport, Beretta, Colt and Sig Saur.

Vehicles: Key procurements in the vehicles segment have been those of

All terrain Vehicles, Field Artillery Tractor and Light Recovery Vehicle.

Major suppliers in this segment include Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland,

Scania, Ineco, BAE, MAN and BEML-Tatra.

In other systems tenders for Driving Training Simulators are likely to see

participation from Zen Technologies, APPLICAZIONI Rielaborazioni

Impianti Speciali S.P.A., MEL Systems, Tata Advanced Systems, Mahindra

& Mahindra and Ashok Leyland.

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