India installing infra-red and
laser beam intrusion detection systems at its international borders in Panjab, to
put an end to the illegal infiltrations from Pakistan and keep an effective
vigil against intruders and terrorists exploiting the frontier areas to cross
over.
According to PTI, the Border Security
Force (BSF) has prepared a blueprint to set up 45 such laser walls in areas
along the international border in Punjab and Jammu, to plug the porous riverine
and treacherous terrain.
The "laser walls" or
fence are being monitored by Border Security Force (BSF) which guards the
Indo-Pak IB in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
While eight infra-red and laser
beam intrusion detection systems are "up and working" along as many
vulnerable and sensitive areas of the international border (IB) in Punjab, four
more will be operationalised in the next few days, a senior Border Security Force
(BSF) official said.
"The laser walls have started working and
their functioning is being monitored. Preliminary results in detecting illegal
movements are encouraging," the official said.
The decision to install these
laser walls was taken by BSF two years ago keeping in mind the vulnerability of
the border in these areas as barbed wire fencing could not be installed in many
infiltration prone areas due to treacherous terrain or marshy riverine
topography.
Apart from these, four other
pilot projects of similar kind in stretches of 30-40 kms of IB in Jammu and
Gujarat and one in West Bengal along Indo-Bangla border have been approved by Home
Ministry to secure Indian borders effectively.
"Work on them will begin by
next month," he said.
After the Pathankot incident, BSF
had deployed an additional battalion (about 1,000 men) in Punjab sector even as
it has increased the number of its ambush operations and patrol in the area.
BSF is also considering deploying
at least four more battalions in Punjab and Jammu border areas as a second-tier
of defence after withdrawing these units from the Line of Control.
Courtesy: The Economic Times
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