Abdullian:
The newest dispute between India and Pakistan is an 18-foot bunker that our neighbour has put up at the border in RS Pura sector in Jammu and Kashmir.
"Two bunkers and one tower have been raised on Pakistani side, which we have protested against and which we will be taking up in the next conference," said S Chattopadhya, IG BSF, Jammu.
Taking advantage of the ceasefire Pakistan has, of and on, been raising defence structures along the international border, but BSF has taken adequate measures to counter that.
The BSF too has raised several mounds and bunkers. Like a border fence along the 200-kilometre-long international border that has been relocated closer to the Zero Line.
But what is significant is that such actions on both sides have, for once, not raised Indo-Pak temperatures.
The BSF says it is working closely with the Pakistani Rangers to make the atmosphere at the border more amicable. There is joint patrolling and the clearing of wild grass at Zero Line is done with mutual cooperation.
"The body language of rangers used to be very negative and aggressive, now it's very positive. Wherever we go out for patrolling on the border, we inform the Rangers," said Chattopadhya.
Despite some aberrations, ceasefire is holding on the borders for the last seven years. Now, with forces on the borders trying to take steps to improve the relations even more, it's clearly one confidence building measure that has gone a long way.