India announces 'Smart Border' project for Bangladesh, Pakistan frontiers

India has announced a 'Smart Border' project along its borders with Bangladesh and Pakistan to prevent infiltration using advanced technology.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah made the announcement while addressing the Border Security Force investiture ceremony in New Delhi on Friday, May 22 .

India plans to deploy drones, radars, smart cameras and other advanced surveillance technologies along approximately 6,000 kilometres of its borders with Bangladesh and Pakistan within the next year .

The project aims to create an impenetrable border security grid by integrating all types of technology into the BSF's security system under the Smart Border concept .

The Home Minister also said the government has resolved not only to stop infiltration but also to identify and deport every infiltrator from the country. "It will not allow unnatural demographic change," he added .

He noted that governments in Tripura, Assam and West Bengal now follow policies that clearly oppose illegal infiltration. The Ministry will soon convene a meeting with the chief ministers of these three states to discuss border security .

The Home Minister also announced the extension of BSF's jurisdiction from 15 kilometres to 50 kilometres from the border .