BHUJ, May 29 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said that the government was considering expansion of the BSF's operational mandate by assigning it new sectors, and announced that a new paradigm of "territorial security" will be added to complement conventional border security.
Addressing BSF personnel on a visit to Gujarat's Kutch district to review border security, he also said the ongoing work to secure the vulnerable sections of the Harami Nala and Sir Creek areas along the border with Pakistan was almost 70 per cent complete.
The Union government has decided to transform the BSF's concept of border security, he said. The BSF currently guards India's borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh.
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