India plans hi-tech ‘wall’ to block border infiltration
11 Apr 2016
In order to avoid incidents like the Pathankot attack, the union government has formulated a comprehensive five-pronged strategy to stop infiltration, reports The Times of India.
The government is seeking to lock India's western border, which has often been susceptible to nefarious terror attacks. As per the new proposal, CCTV cameras, thermal imaging and night-vision devices, battlefield surveillance radar, underground monitoring sensors and laser barriers will be used as a complete high-tech strategy to sanitise the border.
From Jammu and Kashmir to Gujarat, it will look to plug the various holes in India's porous border. This tech-savvy strategy formally known as the 'Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System' (CIBMS) has got the government's approval.
Pilot projects in Punjab and Jammu have already started in a stretch of five kilometres. This system is essentially a move to completely rely on technology to guard the borders rather than the manual system used currently.
The project is likely to seriously burden the exchequer, but seeing the gravity of the situation, the cost will be well worth it, according to defence ministry sources. The plan is to cover the unfenced 130 riverine sections in the entire stretch of 2900 km borders with CIBMS in the next couple of years.
