Last updated: 6 June 2025
Punjab shares a 553-km-long border with Pakistan
-- Drugs & weapons are smuggled using drones[1]
-- Center Govt Failed as its their Primary responsibility to halt cross-border smuggling[2]
-- Even 50 km area along border was brought under Center's BSF in 2021 despite objections[3]
9 anti-drone systems expected to be delivered by July 2025[4]
Main Initiatives
1> AI enabled CCTV: Installation of 3,000 cameras in Border areas at last stage[5]
2> Village defence committees: 19,523 VDC in the state as of Jan 2025[6]
3> Anti-drone systems being deployed by Punjab Govt to combat cross-border smuggling, budgeted 110 crore in 2025-26 Budget[2:1]
-- Expected to be operational by September-Oct 2025[7]
4> Home Guards: Punjab Govt is deploying 5,000 home guards, in addition to BSF[2:2]
Pak Smugglers forced to use other state borders; Reports suggest Rajasthan borders emerging as their plan B[8][9][10]
Village defence committees[12]
Police checkpoint every 5 kms[12:1]
Intelligence network strenghtened
Rs 1 lakh reward for information related to drone delivery of drugs[11:1]
References:
https://theprint.in/india/mann-targets-centre-over-non-inclusion-of-punjab-tableau-in-r-day-parade/1940441/ ↩︎
https://finance.punjab.gov.in/uploads/26Mar2025/2e99440b-e9e9-444f-8730-911f6aa6ecd2_20250326133710.pdf (page 5) ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/bsf-now-has-uniform-50-km-jurisdiction-to-arrest-search-seize-in-border-states/articleshow/87002107.cms ↩︎
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/punjab-all-set-to-procure-9-anti-drone-systems-by-july-says-dgp-gaurav-yadav-101749061925686.html ↩︎
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/indiapak-border-3-000-ai-enabled-cameras-to-check-smuggling-mann-101722971233603.html ↩︎
https://yespunjab.com/cm-mann-seeks-amit-shahs-intervention-for-setting-up-special-ndps-courts-to-check-drug-menace/ ↩︎
https://yespunjab.com/dgp-gaurav-yadav-calls-review-meeting-with-all-cps-and-ssps/ ↩︎
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/surge-in-drug-trafficking-stokes-fear-of-rajasthan-becoming-next-udata-punjab/articleshow/102243631.cms ↩︎
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/pak-suppliers-punjab-drug-mafia-use-rajasthan-border-to-push-in-narcotics-632091 ↩︎
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/surge-in-drug-trafficking-stokes-fear-of-rajasthan-becoming-next-udata-punjab/articleshow/102243631.cms?from=mdr ↩︎
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjab-police-arrest-drug-smugglers-8658774/ ↩︎ ↩︎
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjab-drug-crisis-awareness-crackdown-how-aap-govt-is-pushing-its-twin-track-campaign-9078268/ ↩︎ ↩︎
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amritsar/village-defence-committee-at-border-district-villages-in-punjab-to-curb-smuggling/articleshow/100853070.cms ↩︎
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