The Indian Army is getting indigenously developed anti-personnel and anti-tank mines which would significantly help in its defence against border attacks and infiltrations by Pakistan and China. 

The mines are being showcased by the Corps of Engineers in Pune. They are expected to help the army with its anti-terror operations as well as with its defence against adversaries, news agency ANI has reported.

The mines, called ‘Nipun’, have been developed by an Indian company in collaboration with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

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Army officials have said that these have been inducted to act as the ‘first line of defence against enemy infantry’. “Indian Army’s Corps of Engineers getting a new set of anti-personnel and anti-tank mines for acting as the first line of defence against enemy infantry and armoured columns or terrorist trying to infiltrate into own territory,” they told ANI.

Trials for other indigenously made and next-generation anti-tank mines such as Vibhav, Vishal, Prachand, Ulka, and Parth will also be conducted before they are inducted into the army. Some of these, in fact, have greater stopping power against adversary tanks, owing to their advanced design. 

“The Indian Army is going to induct 7 lakh indigenously developed ‘Nipun’ anti-personnel mines which carry a potent mix of RDX,” a security official told ANI.

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The army will also be inducting high head water pumps to ease the troops’ access to water on high altitude areas along the Line of Actual Control with China. 

ANI quoted officials as saying, “Indian Army started inducting 200 high head water pumps which can help pump water and fuel to locations at higher altitudes in those areas. 200 of these pumps are being inducted into the Corps of Engineers under the emergency procurement powers.”