The Border Safety Power (BSF) officers on Monday stated the company had ready a Commonplace Working Process (SOP) to verify the motion of drones and smuggling of narcotics and weapons apart from mapping the susceptible factors alongside the Indo-Pak border.
Particular DG, BSF, Western Command Yogesh Bahadur Khurania, whereas talking to the media in Chandigarh, stated the BSF was maintaining a tally of the motion of drones alongside the Indo-Pak border and shot down over 95 drones in the course of the previous 12 months.
“Most of the drones out of a total of 95 were shot down on the Punjab side of the border besides some in the Ganganar area of Rajasthan,” Khurania stated whereas including that the BSF had ready a SOP to cope with the drone menace.
Particular DGP BSF stated that the anti-social parts have been utilizing drones to smuggle narcotics and weapons. He additional stated that the inter-district and inter-state linkages between the smugglers of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir have additionally been established in the course of the interval.
“We have developed a SOP to check the drone movement. BSF Jawans have been trained and are well acquainted with the drone technology,” Khurania stated, including that it was as a result of elevated vigil that the smugglers have stopped utilizing huge drones.
Yogesh Bahadur Khurania stated that the smugglers have been earlier utilizing heavy elevate drones which might transport a payload between three and 5 kgs. He additionally stated that now they have been utilizing small drones with 400 to 500-gram payload capability, which was reasonably priced.
“It may be difficult to spot the small drones but the BSF was prepared to deal with any threat,” Yogesh Bahadur Khurania stated.
MAPPING OF VULNERABLE SPOTS ALONG BORDER IN PROGRESS
The Particular DG BSF, whereas praising the rule of Punjab Police, stated that it was as a result of assist of the police that BSF was capable of map the susceptible factors alongside the border.
He stated that after itemizing the gray areas, a choice to put in the CCTV cameras has been taken and the mission will likely be accomplished by the top of March 2024. He additionally stated the proposal to extend the fencing space was additionally into account and can be applied after the land acquisition and compensation formalities have been over.
“We have already increased surveillance in these areas and are taking the help of technology to check any activity,” Khurania stated.
The BSF DG, whereas reacting to a query, stated that the unlawful mining on the India Pakistan border had stopped after the matter was delivered to the discover of the federal government.