Border Security Force (Water Wing)

Border Security Force (Water Wing) is one of the special units of Border Security Force of India.

It is responsible for patrolling riverine borders in North Bengal frontier, South Bengal frontier, Andaman Nicobar frontier, Tripura, Mizoram & Cachhar (TMC) Frontier, Jammu frontier, Punjab frontier and Gujarat frontier of the BSF. The Water Wing guards around 1399 km of riverine boundary of India.[1]

List of watercrafts in Border Security Force (Water Wing)
Type of crafts Numbers
Floating Border Out Posts (BOP) 9
Medium Crafts 12
Mechanised Boats 25
Speed Boats 131
Rigid Inflatable Boats 43
Naka Boats 120
Country Boats 92
Fast Patrol Boats 22
Swamp Boats 1
Total 455

See also

Indo Tibetan Border Police (Water Wing)

References

  1. Central Police Organisations, Part 2 By D. Banerjea, A. P. Mukherjee, D. K. Chatterjee
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