Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh, on Tuesday, reviewed the working of the Border Security Force (BSF) and directed it to set up a real-time intelligence sharing grid and seal all vulnerable points along the Pakistan border.

The meeting was organized to review the workings of the BSF along with gaps and lapses in border guarding and how to counter them as the Home minister expressed concerns over the infiltration from across the border, a Home ministry official said.

The top officials of the BSF and the Home ministry attended the meeting, according to the reports.

Important issues such as upgrading existing border outposts on par with composite BOPs, construction of advanced fiber reinforced polymer shelters on high altitude, forward defended localities on the LoC in Jammu And Kashmir, acquisition of lands for newly sanctioned battalions at old norms, were also discussed in the meeting.

A committee, which was set up after the Pathankot airbase attack to suggest ways to strengthen security along the border with Pakistan and address the vulnerability in fencing, headed by Union Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta, has flagged gaps in fencing and has suggested that the technology should be used and strengthened vigil on riverine frontiers.

India shares total of 3,323 km border with Pakistan, in which 1,225 km falls in Jammu and Kashmir (including LoC), 553 km in Punjab, 1,037 in Rajasthan and 508 km in Gujarat.  

By Prajakt K.