As India announced it will seal its border with Pakistan completely by December 2018, we take a look at what this huge exercise will involve

BETTER FENCING

Madhukar Gupta committee wants a complete overhaul of the fencing structure

At present, fencing, with floodlights in place, has been done at over 2,000 km of IB

Laser walls in riverine stretches and night-vision devices are among other measures

Surveillance radars that work upto 40km can raise an alarm even before intrusion

MORE MANPOWER

BSF has increased manpower along stretches in Punjab

More than a 1,000 additional personnel at vulnerable stretch running up 30km in Punjab after the Pathankot attack

GOING HI-TECH

Low-light CCTVs with intrusion detection alarm

Handheld thermal imagers to check intrusion from body heat

INFORMATION FLOW

Once operational, the Border Security Grid will ensure better flow of information between intelligence agencies, border guarding forces and local police

If the border is breached, the grid will put local police, nearby deployments of army and paramilitaries on high alert

Monitoring mechanism to involve coordination between MHA, BSF and chiefs secretaries