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Cut-proof border fencing being put up to check infiltration

New Delhi , Jan 10 (UNI) In a bid to curb the infiltration on Indo-Pakistan and Indo-Bangladesh borders, the Border Security Force (BSF) is replacing the old iron wire fence with a new design cut-proof steel wire fence.
The pilot project with respect to the cut-proof fence has been initiated at Assam's Silchar where an eight kilometer long new fence has been put up. The cost of the new fence is about Rs 2 crore per kilometer.
According to a senior BSF official, the fence that has been developed and installed as part of a pilot project cannot be snapped and the tools used by the infiltrators to cut the fence cannot be used on this fence due to its design.
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