New Delhi, Jan 10
India is erecting a new non-cut ‘steel fence' to plug vulnerable and infiltration-prone patches along its sensitive border with Pakistan and Bangladesh, officials said on Friday.
They said the single-row fence, with loops of concertina wires on top, is being erected at a 60-km border stretch in near Amritsar in Punjab.
A ‘pilot project' of this new fence is also being tested at a 7-km stretch in Assam's Silchar along India's border with Bangladesh and is being analysed by the BSF, they said.
This fence will cost about Rs. 2 crore for a kilometre, official sources said. (AGENCIES)
