Cross-border infiltration in J&K down by 43%: Government | Master Stroke
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09 Jul 2019 10:40 PM (IST)
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) Net cross-border infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir has reduced to 43 per cent in the first half of 2019 while the barbed wire fencing along the India-Pakistan border will be completed by March 2020, the Parliament was told on Tuesday.
The government has adopted a policy of zero tolerance towards cross-border infiltration, Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.
"Due to concerted and synergised efforts of security forces, the security situation in the state has witnessed an improvement in the first half of this year over the corresponding period of 2018. Net infiltration has reduced by 43 per cent," he said to a question from Bharatiya Janata Party member Ramesh Chander Kaushik.
The government has adopted a policy of zero tolerance towards cross-border infiltration, Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.
"Due to concerted and synergised efforts of security forces, the security situation in the state has witnessed an improvement in the first half of this year over the corresponding period of 2018. Net infiltration has reduced by 43 per cent," he said to a question from Bharatiya Janata Party member Ramesh Chander Kaushik.