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India to install full-body truck scanners along international borders

India to install full-body truck scanners along international borders

| | 08 Feb 2017, 03:31 pm
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IBNS): The central government is procuring full-body truck scanners for installation at select points along India's international borders, in accordance with the laid down procedure, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.

Kiren Rijiju sadi that the central government is procuring five Full Body Truck Scanners (FBTS) for installation  at Attari, Poonch-Chakkanda-Bagh and Uri-Salamabad on the Indo-Pak border, at Petrapole  on the Indo-Bangladesh Border and at Raxual on the Indo-Nepal Border.

The central government has issued a Global Tender Enquiry for procurement of the FBTS.

It is also obtaining various clearances from the respective state governments and other nodal agencies, the minister said.

The question was raised by Dr. R.Lakshmanan in the Rajya Sabha.

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