• In a fresh initiative to check illegal infiltration from across the border, the Border Security Force (BSF) is going to introduce a hi-tech Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS) in the Dhubri sector.
• A 60-km project over Brahmaputra in Dhubri district is being executed by the BSF and it is expected to be completed by December. The BSF is the first border guarding force of India to install CIBMS on the international border.
• The BSF has taken over the task of erecting physical barrier on the entire international border to make it impregnable for any kind of illegal infiltration. However, there are stretches, which are difficult to be covered by physical fence and hence it was decided to install technological solutions on these gaps at various places covering an area of about 2,026 km.

What is CIBMS?

• The CIBMS is a more robust and integrated system that is capable of addressing the gaps in the present system of border security by seamlessly integrating human resources, weapons, and high-tech surveillance equipment.
• At the moment, BSF is working on a Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS) which will be deployed along the International Border with Pakistan.
  CIBMS is expected to counter infiltration and cross-border terror attacks.
• The system employs latest technology which would detect infiltration via land, underwater, air and tunnels.
  The concept of CIBMS is the integration of manpower, sensors and command and control to improve situational awareness and facilitate quick response to emerging situations.

Components of CIBMS

• Among major components of CIBMS is the ‘virtual fence’.
• The second component is the command and control, which will help in optimum use of resources for border management.
• Another component is power management to keep CIBMS running.