India-Pakistan border to soon have smart fencing: Kiren Rijiju

Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju has said that work on installing smart fence along 3,323-km-long the India-Pakistan border will begin soon. Talking with Media in New Delhi yesterday, Mr Rijiju said testing for the fence is in final stages and soon work for erecting it along the border will begin. 

He said, the new fencing is likely to



have a multi-tier security ring comprising an alarm to security force personnel in case of any infiltration bid or attempts to cut the fence. The Minister said government will have smart fencing at all our borders in phases but priority will be Indo-Pak frontier.

The government has set a target of completely sealing the India-Pakistan border by December 2018.