Damaged Barbed Fencing on Indo-Pak Border being replaced by BSF

To prevent infiltration and flow of arms, ammunition and drugs from the Pakistani side, the Indian authorities are replacing damaged barbed wire fences along the international border, BSF DIG (Gurdaspur sector) N K Mishra said here today.

The barbed wire fences, erected along the Indo-Pak border in Gurdaspur, Amritsar and Ferozepur districts of Punjab during the days of militancy in the eighties, were damaged due to flood and other reasons, Mishra said.

The damaged fencing is being replaced in the periphery that falls in Gurdaspur sector, where it gets affected due to flood in rivers and their tributaries, he said.

The border area of Gurdaspur sector is 116-km long from Jammu to Ajnala in Amritsar district, and is mostly riverine area of Ravi, he said.

Moreover, earlier the fencing was erected on soil which worn out over time, now the barbed wire is being erected on concrete base. The concrete base would be 12-ft high and eight feet wide, he said, adding that the work was being executed by the Central Public Works Department.

The replacing of damaged barbed wire on the international border would not only further strengthen the external security of the country, but also help farmers living on the borders protect their crops from animals across the fence, he added.

Mishra said there are well-lit barbed wire fencing, flood light backed by sound and other devices, thermal imagers, and other equipment installed, along with manual patrolling, in sensitive gaps to ensure that no infiltration takes place from across the border.

Source: http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/BSF-Replacing-Damaged-Barbed-Fencing-on-Indo-Pak-Border/2014/06/05/article2264847.ece

Rewards to BSF jawans for their performance on Indo-Pak border: Farooqui

Special Sainik Sammelan was organised in BSF Headquarters Amritsar Sector Khasa yesterday, in which officers and jawans of all four battalions of Amritsar sector were felicitated for their excellent performance in guarding the Indo-Pak borders falling in Amritsar Sector.

DIG BSF Amritsar Sector M F Farooqui said, BSF troops did the historic seizure of more than 300 kgs of heroin worth Rs 1500 crore in international market including capture of Arms and Ammunition in the last six months. In this period around ten Pakistan Smugglers were also got killed by BSF.

Mr Farooqui praised the alertness and dutifulness of the officers.

He told the media that BSF has launched a biggest ever drug de-addiction and sensitisation programme to curb the demand of drugs and it has started yielding results.

The function organised at BSF Campus, distributed 91 commendation cards and approx. Rs 5 Lakhs to around hundreds of BSF Officers/SOs and who were stationed at the Indo-Pakistan border in the recent past.

The cash reward received from Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on account of seizure of narcotics was also distributed among the troops on the occasion.

Mr Farooqui stated that such rewards to the troops would boost up the morale and encourage troops in performing their duties with more dedication which would result in big achievements in future as well.

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