India To Get Complete Anti-Drone Solution 'Within 6 Months': Amit Shah In RS, Vows To Tackle Drug Smuggling
India is close to developing indigenous anti-drone solution within six months, Home Minister Amit Shah said. In the past five years, 23,000 kg of synthetic drugs have been destroyed, he highlighted.
New Delhi, Mar 21 (PTI) India is very close to getting a complete anti-drone solution, and it will be achieved within six months, Union Home Minister Amit Shah informed the Rajya Sabha on Friday.
"We are very close to getting a complete anti-drone solution. We have had six experiments, I am hopeful within six-months we will have an indigenous anti-drone solution, a symbol of Make in India," he said, replying during a debate.
The Minister said drones are also being used to track poppy cultivation. "We used drones, satellites and modern technology to destroy opium cultivation," he said.
Shah said in the last five years, 23,000 kg of synthetic drugs worth more than Rs 14,000 crore has been destroyed and disposed of.
"Drugs are sent from Afghanistan to Sri Lanka, they ask why drugs are being captured in Gujarat ... it should be caught in other states as well. We have pledged that no drugs will be allowed to enter or exit India," he said.
He also said money earned from drug trade is used for terror incidents, and no one would be spared.
No one can dare carry out blasts now, says Amit Shah
No one can now dare carry out blasts and escape, unlike in the past, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday and asserted that the country was safe under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership.
Noting that blasts occurred frequently in the past, Shah also attacked previous governments for not taking action against terrorists, citing the 2008 Mumbai terror attack.
"There was a time when bomb blasts were routine. I want to tell the people of the country that, for the last 10 years, the series of bomb blasts have stopped. No one can now dare carry out bomb blasts. The country is safe under Narendra Modi. We are committed to uprooting terrorism," he said in the Rajya Sabha.
Shah was replying to a discussion in the Upper House on the workings of the Union home ministry.
He also assured the Upper House that India would be free from Naxal terrorism (Leftwing extremism) by March 31, 2026.
Referring to the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, he said terrorists earlier easily entered the country, attacked hotels and railway stations, and escaped.
"But no action was taken," the home minister said.
There is peace in Kashmir, the majority of terrorists in the northeast have surrendered, and the country is moving forward under the leadership of Modi, he added.
"With strong political willpower and strong management of Modi ji, the country is safe now. The opposition should not be worried. We will keep you (opposition) as well as the country safe," Shah said.
The home minister did not speak on the violence in Manipur, saying he would deliberate on the issue in detail when imposition of President's Rule in the northeastern state would come up for discussion.
(This report has been published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. Apart from the headline, no editing has been done in the copy by ABP Live.)
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