Rajnath praises J'khand govt for lower Naxal violence

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today commended the Jharkhand government for bringing down Naxal-related incidents in the state.
His observations came when Chief Minister Raghubar Das called on him in New Delhi, an official statement here said.
Singh also appreciated the government's functioning and accepted the Chief Minister's invitation to inaugurate a new complex of Jharkhand Jaguar in the first week of February, it said.
Das also met Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar during the day and invited him to inaugurate the tri-colour at 'Pahadi Mandir' in Ranchi on January 23.
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Speaking about surgical strikes, Singh said, "Our army

crossed the LoC not to attack Pakistan. It went to carry out pre-emptive anti-terror surgical action against dangers of terror lurking on the border. We had information that there were some terrorists at launching pads wanting to carry out attacks in India."

The Union Minister said that at the BRICS Summit, the participating nations have also strongly condemned "those who shelter terrorism".
He also stressed on creating physical barriers like floodlighting in areas along the border with Pakistan to thwart any terror activity.
Physical barriers have been put up along 2,034.96 km of the 2,289.66 km-long Indo-Pak border, he informed.

"The rest of the boundary is 254.80 km-long. It includes riverine areas and tough terrains. We have decided to create physical barriers wherever possible. Where physical barriers like erecting fencing is not possible, non-physical barriers should be created," he said.
"For non-physical barriers, there are solutions like sensors, radars and laser wall. These all will be used," he said, adding a pilot project in this direction is being implemented by BSF in Jammu, Punjab and Gujarat.
"The use of non-physical barriers on experimental basis will help ascertain up to what extent it is helpful and what sort of loopholes are there which need to be addressed. A report in this regard is expected to come by the end of the year," he said.