BSF to install new technology Laser walls on border to check infiltration

NEW DELHI: High-Tech laser walls will be installed by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the India-Pakistan border to check infiltration, the Rajya Sabha was informed today.

In a written reply, Minister for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said the places where the laser walls are installed along Indo-Pakistan border, depends upon the threat perceptions and other related factors which are reviewed frequently.

Installing laser walls is one of the integrated measures taken by BSF, and the laser technology developed by BSF has been designed to cover all the shortcomings experienced in the use of laser wall at various places in the past. “The present technology has been found working satisfactorily to cover the unfenced riverine stretches”, he said. (AGENCIES)