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Border Security Force (Water Wing)

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Signboard showing Border out-post of BSF water wing
Floating Border Out-Post vessels (FBOP) Sabarmarti

Border Security Force (Water/Marine 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 & Cachar (TMC) Frontier, Jammu frontier, Punjab frontier and Gujarat frontier of the BSF. The Water Wing guards around 1400 km of a riverine boundary of India. its members are filled either by deputation basis or from special batches of BSF personal trained from National Inland Navigating Institute, Patna.

List of watercraft in Border Security Force (Water Wing)

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Type of crafts Numbers
Floating Border Out Posts (BOP) 10
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

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