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India to complete fencing of borders ahead of schedule
Bangalore, Sept 18: India has advanced completion of fencing of international borders from 2007 to 2006 or earlier and is going in for modern surveillance equipment to combat infiltration, a top BSF official said today.
Bangalore, Sept 18: India has advanced completion of fencing of international borders from 2007 to 2006 or earlier and is going in for modern surveillance equipment to combat infiltration, a top BSF official said today.
"We are supposed to complete fencing of international borders in 2007 but we are completing it in 2006 or earlier", Director General of the Border Security Force, Ajai Raj Sharma told reporters here after attending a function.
"After the fencing is completed and we have better surveillance equipment, I think infiltration will become most difficult for those who want to come to India illegally", he said. But, replying to a question, Sharma hastened to add that as far as line of control (between India and Pakistan) was concerned, "it is one area which is very, very difficult (to fully stop infiltration). There will always be areas through which infiltration (from across LoC) can be done", he said.
"Army is also fencing the area (along LoC) to the extent possible. But that is a most difficult area", Sharma said. He said fencing on Rajasthan and Punjab borders had been completed, while it was half-way in Jammu. Fencing works were "lagging behind" in Gujarat and Tripura, while the second phase had been started in north and south Bengal.
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"After the fencing is completed and we have better surveillance equipment, I think infiltration will become most difficult for those who want to come to India illegally", he said. But, replying to a question, Sharma hastened to add that as far as line of control (between India and Pakistan) was concerned, "it is one area which is very, very difficult (to fully stop infiltration). There will always be areas through which infiltration (from across LoC) can be done", he said.
"Army is also fencing the area (along LoC) to the extent possible. But that is a most difficult area", Sharma said. He said fencing on Rajasthan and Punjab borders had been completed, while it was half-way in Jammu. Fencing works were "lagging behind" in Gujarat and Tripura, while the second phase had been started in north and south Bengal.
Bureau Report