The news reports about active terrorists’ number crossing the 100 mark in J&K with majority of these belonging to foreign lands have raised a big question over plugging in gaps along the borders with Pakistan including IB and LoC besides taking stringent steps to tighten noose around those who have somehow entered the Indian Territory illegally and are looking for an opportunity to strike.
Reportedly, 119 terrorists are active in J&K with 95 foreigners. There is no doubt in the fact that since 2014, the centre-led by PM Narendra Modi has been working dedicatedly to end terrorism from the paradise on the Earth, and has reportedly killed hundreds of terrorists besides taking phenomenal steps in plugging in the gaps along the borders with Pakistan to stop infiltration but the current situation demands more to end this menace once and for all.
The need of the time is that the security forces should revisit the Bandobast along the borders to revamp the same to ensure that no terror monger can come over to this side from the Pakistan’s territory as going by the aforesaid figures, one can gauge well that the main problem lies along the border and until and unless, things won’t be changed to fortify borders against the threat of infiltration, the situation in J&K would continue to remain crucial.
The current scenario has raised some important questions about the effectiveness of the measures taken to plug the gaps along the borders, particularly in areas where porous borders or weak surveillance might still allow ultras to cross into India.
The large number of foreign terrorists active in J&K points to a sustained external support structure for insurgency, which cannot be sustained without consistent infiltration from across the border.
All said and done, it is crucial to brace up physical edifice along the borders, such as fencing and surveillance systems especially at vulnerable spots including riverine and streams, as well as effective intelligence-sharing among different security forces because without this the threat of continued infiltration is likely to loom large.
