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  The incidents of terrorist violence and infiltration have declined during the last two years in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Details are as under:

  The Government has a policy of zero tolerance against terrorism and the  security  situation  has  improved  significantly in Jammu and Kashmir  (J&K).  The measures taken by the Government to curb terrorist violence include proactive counter insurgency operations against terrorists, identification and arrest of over ground supporters of terrorists, deployment of police, Army, Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs); night patrolling and area domination.  Attachment of properties belonging to terrorists and their associates under relevant sections of Law, sharing of intelligence inputs amongst all security forces on a real-time basis and intensified Cordon and Search Operations (CASO) are undertaken to thwart any terrorist incidents in Jammu & Kashmir.

  Further, the Government of India has adopted a well-coordinated and multi-pronged strategy to tackle the cross-border infiltration.  This includes tactical deployment of forces at International Border (IB)/Line of Control (LoC), use of technology like Surveillance Cameras, Night Vision Cameras, Heat Sensing Gadgets, etc., multi-tiered deployment along IB/LoC, border fencing, deployment of intelligence personnel to collect advance and target-oriented inputs on infiltration, ambushes and foot-patrolling by Army/Border Security Force (BSF), establishment of Border Police Posts for generating local intelligence and taking pro-active action against infiltrators.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Nityanand Rai in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.

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