BSF considers snakes and crocodiles for Bangladesh border security
India's Border Security Force (BSF) is thinking outside the box, literally, by considering snakes and crocodiles to help guard the Bangladesh border.
This unusual idea follows a push from Home Minister Amit Shah to find new ways to tackle tricky, hard-to-secure stretches, especially near rivers.
BSF faces fencing and community hurdles
Bringing in reptiles isn't simple: there are worries about how to get them, what they'd mean for local communities, and whether it would even work in tough terrain where regular fencing is still incomplete (around 371km left as of the Parliamentary Committee report of March 17, 2026).
The BSF is also looking at tech fixes like boosting connectivity at border posts, but slow land deals and local pushback mean creative solutions are definitely on the table.