India to seal borders with Bangladesh entirely

The Home Minister of India Rajnath Singh on Saturday said they will seal borders with Bangladesh and Pakistan entirely by 2018. "India is planning to seal the international boundaries with Pakistan and Bangladesh as soon as possible. This could be India's major step against terrorism and the problem of refugees," he said at a BSF programme in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Rajnath has previously said New Delhi wants to completely seal the Pakistan border by 2018 by employing a mix of physical barriers and technological tools such as surveillance, reports the Hindustan Times. The Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal also called for similar measures to be taken on the Bangladeshi border to curb what he calls a steady stream of “miscreants” and illegal migrants to India. Singh also said: "The project will be periodically monitored by the Home Secretary at the central level, the BSF from the security forces' perspective and the chief secretaries at the state-level," to ensure the borders are entirely sealed.