LASER WALLS TO CHECK INFILTRATION, SAYS RIJIJU

The government will install laser walls and other technologically advanced systems on the India-Pakistan border to thwart any infiltration bid from the neighbouring nation, Union minister Kiren Rijiju said here on Sunday. He said the work will be completed in a year.

The minister of state for home affairs was here to pay tributes to Shaheed Ram Parkash on his martyrdom anniversary at Qadian town in the district.

The laser walls or fence are being monitored by the Border Security Force (BSF), which guards the Indo-Pak International Border in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat. A dozen laser walls have been made operational already along the border in Punjab to plug the porous riverine and treacherous terrain and keep an effective vigil against intruders and terrorists exploiting the frontier areas to cross over.

After the Pathankot terror attack in January, where it was suspected that terrorists crossed over from Pakistan by breaching the IB from Bamiyal area in Punjab, the Union home ministry and BSF have sped up the deployment and activation of these walls along the border.