Last updated: 17 Aug 2024
Punjab shares a 553-km-long border with Pakistan
-- Drugs & weapons are smuggled using drones[1]
Installation of 3,000 AI enabled CCTV cameras in Border areas at last stage[2]
6500 Village defence committees(VLDCs) in the state as of July 2024 and target of forming at least 12000 VLDCs[3]
Pak Smugglers forced to use other state borders; Reports suggest Rajasthan borders emerging as their plan B[4][5][6]
Village defence committees[8]
Police checkpoint every 5 kms[8:1]
Intelligence network strenghtened
Rs 1 lakh reward for information related to drone delivery of drugs[7:1]
References:
https://theprint.in/india/mann-targets-centre-over-non-inclusion-of-punjab-tableau-in-r-day-parade/1940441/ ↩︎
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/indiapak-border-3-000-ai-enabled-cameras-to-check-smuggling-mann-101722971233603.html ↩︎
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 ↩︎
