To prevent infiltration and flow of arms, ammunition and
drugs from the Pakistani side, the Indian authorities are replacing damaged
barbed wire fences along the international border, BSF DIG (Gurdaspur sector) N
K Mishra said here today.
The barbed wire fences, erected along the Indo-Pak border in
Gurdaspur, Amritsar and Ferozepur districts of Punjab during the days of
militancy in the eighties, were damaged due to flood and other reasons, Mishra
said.
The damaged fencing is being replaced in the periphery that
falls in Gurdaspur sector, where it gets affected due to flood in rivers and
their tributaries, he said.
The border area of Gurdaspur sector is 116-km long from
Jammu to Ajnala in Amritsar district, and is mostly riverine area of Ravi, he
said.
Moreover, earlier the fencing was erected on soil which worn
out over time, now the barbed wire is being erected on concrete base. The
concrete base would be 12-ft high and eight feet wide, he said, adding that the
work was being executed by the Central Public Works Department.
The replacing of damaged barbed wire on the international
border would not only further strengthen the external security of the country,
but also help farmers living on the borders protect their crops from animals
across the fence, he added.
Mishra said there are well-lit barbed wire fencing, flood
light backed by sound and other devices, thermal imagers, and other equipment
installed, along with manual patrolling, in sensitive gaps to ensure that no
infiltration takes place from across the border.
Source: http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/BSF-Replacing-Damaged-Barbed-Fencing-on-Indo-Pak-Border/2014/06/05/article2264847.ece
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