'Fencing along Gujarat border by March 2020'
TNN | Mar 17, 2019, 05:21 IST
Gujarat and Pakistan share a 508km border.AHMEDABAD: The recent Pulwama attack has once again drawn the attention to the issue of incomplete border fencing on the Gujarat-Pakistan borders. According to the Union home ministry, nearly 60km of fencing along the Gujarat-Pakistan border is incomplete.
While replying to a question by MP Devusinh Chauhan, Union minister of state for home, Kiren Rijiju said that Gujarat and Pakistan share a 508km border, of which fencing is possible only along 340km. Till now fencing has been completed along 280km, the minister said.
Rijiju, in his reply to the Lok Sabha member, said that the remaining 60km of fencing will be completed by March 2020. The minister also said that 168km of border fencing is presently not feasible, which is currently guarded by the BSF round the clock through observation posts, nakas and by the use of the latest technology for surveillance.
"No infiltration has been reported from 2015 till date in this sector," Rijiju said, and added that contraband activity and smuggling of weapons are also being controlled through an effective domination of borders by round-the-clock surveillance.
A senior BSF source said that the minister had been referring to the creek area where there is a difficult terrain. A specialised unit of BSF - Creek Crocodile Commandos - has been trained and deployed for patrolling and operational duties in the creek areas of the Rann of Kutch.
"The creek areas get submerged during high tides. During low tides, the submerged areas turn marshy and sometimes one encounters snakes, scorpions and other such creatures," added the official.
While replying to a question by MP Devusinh Chauhan, Union minister of state for home, Kiren Rijiju said that Gujarat and Pakistan share a 508km border, of which fencing is possible only along 340km. Till now fencing has been completed along 280km, the minister said.
Rijiju, in his reply to the Lok Sabha member, said that the remaining 60km of fencing will be completed by March 2020. The minister also said that 168km of border fencing is presently not feasible, which is currently guarded by the BSF round the clock through observation posts, nakas and by the use of the latest technology for surveillance.
"No infiltration has been reported from 2015 till date in this sector," Rijiju said, and added that contraband activity and smuggling of weapons are also being controlled through an effective domination of borders by round-the-clock surveillance.
A senior BSF source said that the minister had been referring to the creek area where there is a difficult terrain. A specialised unit of BSF - Creek Crocodile Commandos - has been trained and deployed for patrolling and operational duties in the creek areas of the Rann of Kutch.
"The creek areas get submerged during high tides. During low tides, the submerged areas turn marshy and sometimes one encounters snakes, scorpions and other such creatures," added the official.
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