Higher fence, more surveillance centres: Border infra ‘2-3 times better’ after rebuild following August floods in J-K, says BSF

“Our force has a lot of resilience and strength, and when the Home Minister came here on August 31, and toured the border areas, we assured him that the damage caused to the posts, barbed wire fence, road or the protection bund would be rectified in a month,” he said, adding that the restoration process succeeded with “cooperation from MHA, J&K Government and sister organisations”.

“We took the calamity as a challenge, and saw an opportunity in it to further strengthen ourselves,” the IG said.

“To stop infiltration in vulnerable areas, we have not only strengthened our damaged barbed wire, but also increased its height and augmented the electric current released in it 24×7,” he said.

“Apart from this, today, we have made much more advancement in the surveillance system which was damaged in floods,” he said. He also pointed out that the “control rooms, where our jawans keep watch on every activity along the border, are much more in numbers today as compared to those existing prior to the August 2025 floods”.

The IG also said that currently, there was no alarming activity across the International Border along the Jammu frontier.

“We are constantly supporting our border population, especially the farmers, in sowing their wheat crop,” he said, adding that “across the border, too, we are watching Pakistani farmers also busy in their usual farming activity”.