New Delhi: A Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs visited Frontier Headquarters of the Border Security Force (BSF) in Jammu and border outpost Makwal as a part of a study tour on administration, development and public welfare in Jammu.
The 18-member parliamentary committee was headed by its Chairman, Member of Parliament Anand Sharma. The Parliamentary Committee was received at Jammu airport Friday by Surendra Panwar, IPS, SDG, BSF and NS Jamwal, IG BSF Jammu, after which the committee members visited BSF border outpost Makwal. There, they were shown various frontier domination aspects.
The committee members witnessed various exercises at the border outpost demonstrating border management, border domination and surveillance. They interacted with BSF officers and soldiers and had first-hand experience of the working conditions of BSF and the challenges faced by the soldiers posted at the outpost.
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NS Jamwal, IG BSF and Commandant BSF, also briefed the committee members about the challenges along the border and the difficulties faced by the BSF troops there. The members also interacted with the local villagers near the border. After this, the members of the Parliamentary Committee visited the Frontier Headquarter BSF Paloura Camp where they were given a guard of honour.
The delegation was received by S Panwar, Special DG BSF, in the conference hall of Frontier Headquarters BSF Palora Camp.
Jamwal gave a detailed presentation to the members of the Parliamentary Committee covering all important aspects of border security and dominance along the Jammu International Boundary (IB). He described the general security scenario along the Jammu IB in which aspects of the deployment pattern of BSF units and their strong supremacy along the entire stretch were covered.
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During the course of this, he also informed the Parliamentary Committee about the threats being faced by BSF along Jammu IB, including tunneling, smuggling, and firing by Pakistani soldiers. Special emphasis was placed on the threat posed by Pakistani drones carrying arms and narcotics smuggling into Indian territory from across the border.
The committee was apprised of the challenges faced by the BSF personnel during the rainy season, foggy weather and altitude-related problems. The members were also given a glimpse of the BSF border infrastructure covering various aspects such as road connectivity, uninterrupted 24-hour power supply and clean piped drinking water.
BSF's recent achievements like seizure of narcotics on the border, neutralising Pakistani infiltrators, detection of tunnels and shooting down a Pakistani helicopter were shown to the members of the Parliamentary Committee, which was highly appreciated. The chairman and committee members were very receptive to the difficulties and challenges of BSF at the border. They were also shown an impressive display of weapons and other surveillance equipment being used by the BSF in border guarding.
