CAPF created 'Beehive Model' to stop infiltration on the border, know how it works

He said that other forces guarding the border like Sashastra Seema Bal (Nepal and Bhutan border) and Indo-Tibetan Border Police (Line of Actual Control with China); CAPFs like Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and other forces like Assam Rifles, National Security Guard and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) can use this model depending on the nature of their responsibilities. The purpose of adopting this model of BSF is to generate employment in remote places and to build friends and goodwill among the local people because these people work as 'eyes and ears' in these areas from a security point of view.

When the Nadia BSF unit started this project in November of last year, it has since put about 200 hives on the fence. Installing them is also meant to stop incidents of drug and animal smuggling, fence cutting, and gold and animal smuggling. The 'Beehives on the Fence' initiative aims to produce honey for locals to purchase, as well as plant flowers and fruit-bearing plants for bees and to store water. This was stated earlier by this battalion's commanding officer, Commandant Sujit Kumar. The construction of ditches in this area involves fish farming.

A CAPF officer said that since the launch of the said model, more than one lakh saplings have been planted in the border area of Nadia with the participation of BSF personnel, AYUSH Ministry, and hundreds of local people.