Basics:
- India and Bangladesh share a 4,096 km land boundary, largest among the international boundaries that India shares with its neighbours.
- The border runs along five states, West Bengal (2,216.7 km), Assam (263 km), Meghalaya (443 km), Tripura (856 km) and Mizoram (318 km).
Border Management:
- Half of the 4,096-km long border India shares with Bangladesh has been fenced.
- The remaining half will be fenced by 2019 deadline.
- Aim of fencing the India-Bangladesh border is to curb infiltration and smuggling of cattle and fake Indian currency notes (FICN).
- However, land acquisition is a major challenge to completing the work by the deadline.
- Besides, government is going to use technological solutions such as cameras and lasers across cross border rivers, where fencing is not possible.