India plans to cover the Pakistan, India border in Punjab with laser walls, to cover more than 40 vulnerable unfenced stretches, to stop terrorist infiltration amid the Pathankot attack, according to NDTV.
“All these riverine stretches located in Punjab will be covered by the laser wall technology developed by Border Security Force to completely eliminate the chances of breach of the border by Pakistan-based terror groups,” an Indian Home Ministry official said.
According to the report, the suspected infiltration point along the Ujj River in Bamiyal in Pathankot was allegedly used by the six Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists before storming the Pathankot airbase was not covered by a laser wall. A camera to keep watch over the 130-metre-wide river bed was not recording the footage.
A laser wall is a mechanism to detect objects passing the line of sight between the laser source and the detector. A laser beam over a river sets off a loud siren in case of a breach.
As of now, only 5-6 out of around 40 vulnerable points are covered by laser walls. This beam over the river sets off a loud siren in case of a breach, said the report.
Last year, the Indian border guarding force had started erecting laser walls on unfenced riverine stretches of international border in Jammu sector. The area is also lit up with high mast lights. There is speculation that the six JeM terrorists might have walked through the dry river bed at night and BSF personnel might have missed them.
Following the attack in Pathankot, additional personnel have been deployed along the border in Punjab and boat patrolling has been intensified, particularly during night time.
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