India has successfully installed physical fencing along more than 93 per cent of its international border with Pakistan and nearly 79 per cent of its boundary with Bangladesh. This is to prevent and curb illegal infiltration along the borders and to strengthen security.
The information was shared by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), which informed the Lok Sabha this week.
The data, shared by the Minister of State for Home, Nityanand Rai, in a written reply to the Lower House, revealed that 2,135.136 kilometres of the 2,289.66-kilometre India-Pakistan international border is now fenced. This leaves approximately 154.5 kilometres, or 6.75 per cent of the frontier, yet to be secured. In terms of the border with Bangladesh, which is India’s longest land boundary at 4,096.70 kilometres, fencing has been completed across 3,239.92 kilometres. This represents 79.08 per cent of the total length, with 856.778 kilometres (20.92 per cent) remaining unfenced.
The updates were provided in response to enquiries from Trinamool Congress MPs Jagdish Chandra Barma Basunia and Sharmila Sarkar regarding the precise extent of unfenced areas.
Progress was also noted on the 1,643-kilometre India-Myanmar border, where 9.214 kilometres of physical fencing have been completed to date.
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