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Singh said the CIBMS will be launched in Assam after this. JAMMU: Union home minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a stretch of laser fence along the International Border in Jammu on Monday.The pilot project — part of the Comprehensive Integrated Border Management System (CIBMS) — meant to provide round-the-clock surveillance on the border, will use thermal imager, underground sensors, fiber optical sensors, radar and sonar technologies to make “vulnerable stretches of the IB fool proof”. They also feel stressed but this technology will not only de-stress them by cutting down their duty hours on borders but will also make our boundaries more fool proof,” Singh said, adding that came he across the CIBMS technology during a visit to Israel. “The ‘laser fence’ and other gadgets have been integrated and a CCTVlike feed will be given to a BSF post so that immediate action can be taken against any intrusion or infiltration attempt,” an official said. It includes deploying laser-activated fences and technology-enabled barriers to plug vulnerable gaps along frontiers.“Once this project completed it will cover around 2026 kilometres of area identified as vulnerable and the pilot project will also be further enhanced and improved,” he said.“Our jawans used to remain physically present on borders in hostile weather conditions..