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New Delhi : The total length of India-Pakistan border in Gujarat is 508 km of which 340 km only are feasible for construction of physical fencing. Altogether 280 km of physical fencing has been completed and the target for completion of  remaining 60 km is March 2020.

The 168 km of border, which is not feasible for physical fencing, is being guarded by BSF through patrolling, round the clock surveillance, laying nakas, and using technology etc.  No infiltration has been reported from 2015 till date in this sector. The contraband activity /smuggling of weapons are also being controlled through effective domination of borders by round the clock surveillance viz., patrolling, laying nakas, manning observation posts all along the International border.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju in written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha  on February 12, 2019, according to a PIB release.

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