All gaps along Pakistan, Bangladesh border to be plugged in 2 years: Amit Shah

India’s border with Pakistan and Bangladesh will be completely secured in the next two years as work is underway to plug the gaps along the two fronts. Shah’s comments came during a ceremonial parade of the Border Security Force (BSF) on the occasion of its 59th Raising Day celebrations here. The home minister said that the Narendra Modi-led government has fenced and plugged gaps in about 560 km of the India-Pakistan and India-Bangladesh borders in the last nine years since it came to power in 2014. “In the next two years we will entirely secure these two borders,” Shah said. The two borders– 2,290 km of the India-Pakistan International Border and 4,096 km of the India-Bangladesh border– are marked by long riverine, mountainous and marshy areas where it is very difficult to erect fences and hence the BSF and other agencies use technical gadgets to check infiltration. “Narendra Modi has led the country to the moon with the Chandrayaan mission, G20 Summit and brought the economy from the 11th to the fifth spot, and this was all possible due to our forces deployed for securing the borders like the BSF,” he said. “You, the BSF, are the essential pillar of this journey,” the minister told the BSF personnel at the ‘Meru’ training camp here. “I believe that the border fence does not alone protect the country, it only helps in rendering this task. It is the brave BSF jawan who does this task,” he said. Shah also asserted that the BJP has prioritized security in states ruled by the party. With inputs from PTI