The Border Security Force (BSF) has shot down 11 Pakistani drones in the Punjab sector till April 30 this year.

However, 87 incidents of drone intrusion into Indian territory were reported during the same period.

A total of 17 unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down by BSF in the Punjab sector in 2022, according to official data.

While not a single drone was shot In the Rajasthan Sector last year, one unmanned aerial vehicle was downed this year till April 30.

The duration of the movement of Pak drones into Indian territory has drastically decreased in the past few months, due to which BSF troopers are facing problems in downing them, officials said.

According to official data on UAV/drone observation on western border for the period from May 1, 2022 to April 30, 2023, Punjab topped the list of States with 224 drone sightings in 2022 and 87 from January to April this year.

As many as four drones were noticed in Gujarat sector in 2022 which jumped to seven in the first four months of this year. Jammu recorded 21 drone sightings in 2022 and seven from January to April this year. Likewise, Rajasthan recorded 19 drone sightings in 2022 and 15 till April this year.

Two drones were sighted along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir in 2022 and none has been spotted so far this year.

Drone have become a major tool for gunrunning and drugs supply by the Pakistani state actors in cahoots with their terror affiliates, officials said.

The agencies here are also scouting for a foolproof solution to check the drone menace unleashed by the Pakistani terror syndicates backed by the Pak army and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).