New Delhi: In an attempt to check illegal immigration and smuggling of arms, ammunition, drugs and cattle, the highly porous riverine section along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Assam will be put under electronic surveillance from Tuesday.

According to the home ministry the smart fencing project will be operationalised along the 61-km riverine stretch of the international border in Assam’s Dhubri district where the Brahmaputra river enters into Bangladesh.

Home minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate the, BOLD-QIT (Border Electronically Dominated QRT Interception Technique) project which is part of the Comprehensive Integ-rated Border Mana-gement System (CIBMS).

The project will cover sand islands and a number of river channels, which makes border guarding a difficult task, particularly during the rainy season. In order to deal with this problem, the home ministry had in 2017 decided to put in place a technological solution in addition to physical presence of Border Security Force (BSF) personnel. The information and technology wing of the BSF had in January 2018 started project BOLD-QIT and completed it in record time. With this, the entire stretch of the Brahmaputra has been covered with the data network generated by Microwave communication, OFC Cables, DMR Communication, day and night surveillance cameras and intrusion detection system, the statement said.