Adding teeth to the border guarding capacity of Indian border guards, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday inaugurated the ‘smart fence’ pilot project developed under the Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS) in Jammu.
After attending an e-inauguration function here at the frontier headquarters of the BSF, the Union Home Minister briefly chatted with the jawans deployed along the five-km long stretch where 'SMART' fencing has been made operational.
Addressing a separate press conference, Rajnath announced that since it is a 'pilot project' “we will monitor its performance and depending upon the feedback we will further improve it and make it more effective.”
Singh said that the technology would be introduced along a 2026-km long border stretch that has been identified as 'vulnerable'.
"As I said, this is a pilot project. When I went to Israel, I came across this technology. It was discussed, and finally, it is being implemented," Singh said, adding that making the borders 'foolproof' was the primary motive of his Government behind starting two pilot CIBMS projects.
Rajnath also dedicated the SMART fence pilot project to the jawans who made supreme sacrifices in the line of duty while guarding the frontiers.
“Today is birthday of our Prime Minister Narendra Modi and on this occasion, I dedicate this ‘smart fence’ pilot project to the jawans who attained martyrdom for the nation while guarding the borders,” Singh told reporters during the press briefing here at the frontier headquarters.
Speaking during the launch ceremony, Singh said the Centre has been making maximum use of technology to make the security system at the borders stronger and effective.
The Minister said that smart fencing at the borders is a technological solution devised to address the security issues in the border states and the two projects in five kilometers areas each have been installed along the Indo-Pak International Border in Jammu on a pilot basis.
He said the number of casualties of the jawans on the borders would get minimised and the stress level among the jawans would also reduce to a large extent.
The Union Home Minister further added that with the digital smart fencing, our borders would become absolutely safe since it would virtually make it impossible for the terrorists to breach it and infiltrate across the borders.