More than 40 km of the three-tier border fencing and flood-lighting have been damaged by the recent floods along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir and security forces are racing against time to repair it to prevent cross-border infiltration ahead of winters.
With the Army expressing apprehension that militants might take advantage of the situation and infiltrate, work is going on round-the-clock to plug in the gaps on the fencing.
“As many as 20 to 25 kms of border fencing has been damaged in various patches along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir regions during floods,” a senior Army officer said.
Jammu and Kashmir has 734 kms of LoC running through Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh regions from Kargil to Malu (Akhnoor) in Jammu district, while it has 190 kms of International Border from Malu to Punjab belt running through Jammu, Samba and Kathua districts.
Anti-infiltration obstacle system (AIOS) has been deployed along Indo-Pak border in Jammu and Kashmir.
As security forces battle floods to reach out to people for rescue and relief, the BSF and the Army are also racing against time to repair the damaged AIOS along LoC and IB to prevent cross-border infiltration from Pakistan ahead of winters.