Overview
- Tripura has finalised a deployment of more than 10,000 police and Tripura State Rifles personnel to guard thousands of pandals and assist visitors, officials confirmed this week.
- The Border Security Force has increased vigil along the 856 km Tripura–Bangladesh frontier and Tripura Police say they are stepping up patrols in border villages.
- Tripura and the BSF are jointly preparing proposals for a Smart Border Project that would use drones, radars and modern cameras, but operational details and timelines remain at the proposal stage.
- Kolkata Police will deploy its full force from Mahalaya to Dashami and has intensified intelligence work while activating specialized units, ambulance and radio assets and a high-alert control room.
- More than 2,900 Durga Pujas are registered across Tripura this year, prompting traffic curbs, green corridors, hundreds of help booths and a special anti-drug drive that together aim to keep crowds moving and speed emergency response.