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This story is from September 12, 2018

International border in Jammu to get high-tech surveillance system

International border in Jammu to get high-tech surveillance system
NEW DELHI: Two stretches along the international border in Jammu are set to get a high-tech surveillance system, complete with invisible electronic walls and infra-red sensors to detect intruders and pass on alerts in real time to the nearest border outpost for quick action.
Union home minister Rajnath Singh will visit Jammu on September 17 to launch two pilot projects under the comprehensive integrated border management system (CIBMS).
CIBMS is based on electronic surveillance using sophisticated equipment including thermal imagers, unattended ground sensors, fibre-optic sensors, radars and sonars. It will especially help the BSF guard riverine stretches along the border, erecting an invisible electronic wall on the river that will set off an alarm at the nearest border post in the event of a breach. A quick reaction team of BSF will immediately move in to neutralise the infiltration bid.
Singh had got a live demonstration of CIBMS at BSF’s Tekanpur facility in March 2017. One-and-a-half years later, the first two phases of the programme, each covering around 5 km border stretch, are ready for launch. The idea is to have the high-tech surveillance system in place not only at the entire western border but also the eastern border with Bangladesh, particularly the riverine stretches.
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Bharti Jain

Bharti Jain is senior editor with The Times of India, New Delhi. She has been writing on security matters since 1996. Having covered the Union home ministry, security agencies, Election Commission and the ‘prime’ political beat, the Congress, for The Economic Times all these years, she moved to TOI in August 2012. Her repertoire of news stories delves into the whole gamut of issues related to terrorism and internal strife, besides probing strategic affairs in India’s neighbourhood.

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