Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi led government is constructing a ‘leak-proof security grid,’ and wherever physical fencing is difficult, an impenetrable security cordon by deploying technological fencing is being established.
Shah noted that the gap in the security grid existed in the incomplete fencing along the West Bengal border, and while geographical conditions cannot be altered, previously there were difficulties in acquiring land even in areas where the terrain permitted the construction of border fencing, but now with the BJP government coming in power, within a week of assuming office, CM Suvendu Adhikari took a decision in principle to allocate land for border fencing.
He added that some of the land for this purpose has already been handed over, asserting that once the fencing is done, infiltration will be successfully curbed.
Shah informed that work on installing technological fencing is being expedited in forested regions and along riverine channels to prevent infiltration through such routes.
Shah, who inaugurated Border Security Force’s G-7 and G-13 Border Out Posts at India- Pakistan border in Bhuj on Friday, said that the government is considering to assign additional areas of responsibility to the border guarding force.
He stated that in the 60th year of the BSF’s establishment, a decision has been taken to completely transform the force’s concept of border security, and in the days to come, a quadrangular security grid will be established and the concept of ‘territorial security’ will be introduced to replace the traditional approach of mere border security.
Shah also shared about securing Sir Creek and Harami Nala, stating that once sensitive from a security perspective, the region will be permanently secured within in two years.
Shah shared that upon assuming office as the HM, a review of the BSF had revealed that the Harami Nala and Sir Creek region lagged somewhat behind in terms of security preparedness.
He noted that a comprehensive action plan was formulated to establish a ‘leak-proof’ security grid in every respect, initiating work on watchtowers, connecting roads, drinking water supply, medical facilities, accommodation arrangements, and new fencing.
Meanwhile, he said that since its inception, the BSF has shouldered the responsibility of securing the country’s two most challenging borders, adding that the entire nation respects the spirit of the force personnel and salutes them.
“BSF has, over the past six decades, admirably fulfilled its responsibility as the ‘First Line of Defence.’ Two thousand personnel of the Force have made the supreme sacrifice for the nation. It is for this very reason that the Government of India and the country’s 1.4 billion citizens hold the BSF in high esteem and are able to sleep in peace,” Shah added.
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