Following repeated incursion by Bangladeshi nationals, the Centre has approved construction of 17 ‘smart fences’ along the Indo-Bangla border in the Meghalaya sector, reports Northeast Today on January 14. Border Security Force (BSF) officials said the fences are “anti-climb and cut” – which means that intruders would find these fences extremely difficult to breach. These fences would be built in 17 patches along the Indo-Bangla border in Meghalaya in areas which are not fenced. However, since these fences are proposed to be built within 150 yards of the international border, Bangladesh has raised objections.A large number of these fences is likely to come up in the Jaintia Hills sector which has remained unfenced and is vulnerable to infiltration by Bangladeshi criminals. In this month, there were three attacks by Bangladeshi miscreants in which eight people including a BSF jawan were injured.