"The technology solution will help in checking surprise infiltration and it will also ensure rest and recuperation of troops involved in area domination duties. By October 2018, this project will be in place at Dhubri," he said.The smart fence, a senior officer said, will detect illegal human or cattle movement with the help of infra-red rays. The moment we change the present strategy (of using non-lethal weapons), more killings take place. "Hopefully, things will get better," he said.Asked about the instances of cattle smuggling, the DG said these numbers were "gradually coming down".The figure of cattle smuggling stood at over 20 lakh cattles a few years back but this was now only about five to six lakh, he said. "We are very serious about handling this issue and hence the number of clashes with smugglers (of BSF troops) has gone up in the last two years.

Source: Times of India November 29, 2017 14:09 UTC