India starts smart fences in Assam

The Narendra Modi government has operationalised the country's first ever comprehensive integrated border management system along the riverine stretch bordering Bangladesh in Assam, according to reports by India based www.financialexpress.com and www.ndtv.com.

The first 'smart fence' pilot project to plug vulnerable gaps along India's borders has been rolled out in Assam on a riverine stretch with Bangladesh, the Border Security Force chief said. The smart fence is a project that is being implemented by the BSF.

The project is a part of the Modi government's ambitious plan to completely seal the India-Pakistan and the India-Bangladesh borders in the next few years. It is called the comprehensive integrated border management system (CIBMS).

Border Security Force Director General KK Sharma told news agency PTI that the maiden testing of technical surveillance and alarm gadgetry was recently operationalised on the 55-km-long stretch in Dhubri, across the Brahmaputra. The implementation of the smart fencing system in Assam comes under the Modi government's ambitious plan to secure the border through fencing.