India is going to seal-off its border with Pakistan by 2018

The Indian Government is going to seal the India-Pakistan border by 2018 and will use all effective means, including technological solutions, to do so.

This statement was issued by Home Minister Rajnath Singh after he reviewed the security situation on border with the ministers and also the authorities of four states that are in the red alert zone. He said India is looking forward to seal the border completely by December 2018 and a monitoring mechanism will be present at the central and state government levels.

"This project will be periodically monitored by Home Secretary at the central level, BSF from the security forces perspective and Chief Secretaries at the state level,” he further added.

He additionally mooted setting up an border security network for which proposals have been welcomed from all the concerned stakeholders including the states which share border with Pakistan.

"It is a new concept. We will be framing guidelines after getting suggestions from all stake holders," Singh said.

He also said that technological solutions will also be taken into consideration. "Like we have riverine and Sir Creek area in Gujarat, there we will make maximum use of technology for effective sealing of border,” he said.

Certain senior BSF officials were present in the meeting. They reviewed the security arrangements on the border considering the ongoing tension between India and Pakistan after surgical strike by army on terror camps across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.
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