Even after 18 years of armed police force in the district, 7 of its units are still not operational in their buildings.
Out of the total 17 Border Out Posts (BOP) in the district, only 10 have their own land and building. The remaining 7 BOPs are still operating on the grounds of the monastery and in the Irrigation office building .
Proposed Border Security Gulm (Pracisu) Alau, BOP Amarpatti, BOP Pakahamainpur, BOP Bishwa, BOP Mirzapur, BOP Suruchi Vijayabasti, BOP Brahmanagar and BOP Thori only have buildings on their respective lands.
Prasisu Gulm Birganj, BOP Sirsia, BOP Dryport, BOP Prasaunibhatha, Prasisu Gulm Bhikhampur, BOP Pidarguthi, BOP Mahadevpatti have not yet constructed a building on their own land . At present, 30 teams under the command of DSP in Border Security Gulms, 25 and 20 teams under the command of Police Inspector and Assistant Inspector of Police in BOPs respectively are deployed for border security purposes. Along with border security, illegal smuggling and crime control at the border is also the main responsibility and priority of the armed police.
In the rural parts of the district, land is available to establish a unit of the Nepal Police, but land and buildings are not available to establish an armed police unit.
Armed Police Force Nepal No. 13 Gan Head Quarter Parsa Office is currently established on the land of Birganj Sugar Factory. DSP Devendra Bahadur Singh, information officer of the Armed Police Force, says that efforts are being made to acquire land in posts that do not have their own land and buildings. He also said that the land acquisition of the proposed Border Guard Gulm Bhikhampur, BOPs Mahadevpatti and Pidariguthi is in the final stage.
