An eight-member National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) team today concluded its three-day visit during which it reviewed security and management mechanism along the International Border (IB) in Jammu region.
"A high-level team of eight senior officers and professors under the aegis of NSCS, headed by former Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta, today concluded its three-day visit to Jammu frontier," a BSF spokesman said.
The visit aimed to study and analyse the existing border security and management mechanism undertaken, and the likely threats existing on borders with special reference to Indo-Pak border and suggest measures and recommendations for strengthening of International Border, he said.
The spokesman said during the first two days of the visit, the team was briefed in detail by Inspector General (IG) of BSF Frontier Jammu D K Upadhyaya regarding the prevailing security scenario on the IB in the region.
He said that the delegation later visited the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri District, border areas of R S Pura, Kathua and Samba sectors.
"The team took the first hand stock of the border security and management by BSF to strengthen border protection and domination of the existing gaps," the spokesman said.
The committee members also inspected the tunnel sites, river and Nalluh (rivulet) gaps and BOPs, he said.
"The delegation has left for Srinagar to meet Jammu and Kashmir Governor NN Vohra and after that it will leave for Punjab," he added.
