Infiltration from across the Border

The fencing is not feasible along the riverine stretches of the Indo-Pakistan and Indo-Bangladesh Border. There is about 145.876 km of unfenced riverine stretches along the Indo-Pakistan Border which is about 6.3% of the Indo-Pakistan Border. Similarly, there is about 930.076 km of unfenced riverine stretches along the Indo-Bangladesh Border which is about 22.7% of the border. The riverine segments of the borders are being patrolled and dominated with the help of water crafts/speed boats/floating Border Out-Posts (BOPs) of the Border Security Force (BSF) water wing.

The BSF, deployed on the Indo-Pakistan and Indo-Bangladesh Border, has developed its own technical solutions like Farheen LASER walls which are very useful to guard riverine/nullah gaps. These LASER walls have been deployed along the Jammu International Border.

The thermal sensor like Hand - Held Thermal Imager (HHTI) (1710 numbers) are already installed along the Indo-Pakistan and Indo-Bangladesh Border. Further, at present, there is no proposal for installation of anti-tunnel ground sensors in the fenced stretches of both the borders.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written reply to Shri Anandrao Adsul, Shri Vinod Lakhamashi Chavda, Shri Dharmendra Yadav and Shri Shrirang Appa Barne in the Lok Sabha today.