India creating everlasting outposts for BSF alongside Pakistan border in Gujarat
5 min readExpress News Service
NEW DELHI: The Border Guarding Force (BGF) BSF is working to strengthen its maintain on the strategically vital space of Sir Creek which stays one of many few areas which haven’t been resolved but. For the primary time, the BSF will construct bunkers cum statement posts on this space alongside the Bhuj sector.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday stated, “BSF Gujarat is further strengthening its hold along Sir Creek and Harami Nalla area by establishing permanent bases.”
The BSF Gujarat is “responsible for securing the Indo-Pak international border of 826 km from Barmer in Rajasthan to Rann of Kutch and Creek area, including 85 km of Coastal area of Gujarat through effective domination of its entire area of responsibility and it made remarkable achievements by large numbers of apprehension and seizures in 2022.”
Other than Kashmir and Siachen, Sir Creek is one other space but to be resolved since 1947. There is an ongoing dispute relating to the demarcation of the boundary between Sindh, the state of Pakistan and Gujarat state.
It is a 98 km lengthy slender strip of water between the 2 nations within the marshy areas of Rann of Kutch and opens up into the Arabian Sea. The space has inhospitable climate and terrain, whereas the marshes are house to toxic snakes and scorpions. During the 1965 warfare, the armies from each nations had clashed within the space. BSF takes care of the border administration alongside Pakistan and Bangladesh.
In 2022, the BSF Gujarat apprehended 22 Pakistani fishermen and seized 79 Pakistani fishing boats alongside the marshy and tough terrain within the Bhuj Sector. 50 packets of Heroin value Rs 250 crores and 61 packets of Charas value Rs 2.49 crores have been additionally recovered from the coastal and creek areas. In the Barmer sector, 14 packets of Heroin value Rs 70 crores have been recovered in a joint operation with ATS Jodhpur, whereas Rs 12.05 lakhs have been additionally recovered from suspected smugglers.
As many as twenty-two Indians, 4 Pakistanis, two Bangladeshi, two Canadians and a Rohingya native have been additionally arrested for his or her involvement in numerous unlawful transborder actions.
BSF Gujarat was additionally awarded the coveted Ashwini Trophy for the yr 2021-22, 3 times in a row, amongst 11 Frontiers of the BSF for greatest efficiency in Training and Sports actions.
More than 350 Mahila Praharies of BSF Gujarat are successfully safeguarding our nation’s borders regardless of the vagaries of nature, the BSF stated.
Meanwhile, the Jammu frontier of the pressure celebrated its 43 Raising Day at BSF Paloura camp, Jammu. The Jammu frontier was raised on 01 January 1981 after bifurcating the erstwhile North Western Frontier. On the event D Okay Boora, IG BSF Jammu congratulated all officers and Jawans of this frontier.
The Frontier means about 192 km of International Border with Pakistan and troops underneath it are additionally deployed on the Line of Control together with the Indian Army in Naushera/ Rajouri and Poonch sector.
This frontier had received the Maharana Pratap Trophy for greatest Border Management system for 2022 which was offered by Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityananda Rai and the 48 bn BSF of this frontier has additionally received the DG’s Banner for greatest Operational Battalion for the yr 2022.
NEW DELHI: The Border Guarding Force (BGF) BSF is working to strengthen its maintain on the strategically vital space of Sir Creek which stays one of many few areas which haven’t been resolved but. For the primary time, the BSF will construct bunkers cum statement posts on this space alongside the Bhuj sector.
The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday stated, “BSF Gujarat is further strengthening its hold along Sir Creek and Harami Nalla area by establishing permanent bases.”
The BSF Gujarat is “responsible for securing the Indo-Pak international border of 826 km from Barmer in Rajasthan to Rann of Kutch and Creek area, including 85 km of Coastal area of Gujarat through effective domination of its entire area of responsibility and it made remarkable achievements by large numbers of apprehension and seizures in 2022.”
Other than Kashmir and Siachen, Sir Creek is one other space but to be resolved since 1947. There is an ongoing dispute relating to the demarcation of the boundary between Sindh, the state of Pakistan and Gujarat state.
It is a 98 km lengthy slender strip of water between the 2 nations within the marshy areas of Rann of Kutch and opens up into the Arabian Sea. The space has inhospitable climate and terrain, whereas the marshes are house to toxic snakes and scorpions. During the 1965 warfare, the armies from each nations had clashed within the space. BSF takes care of the border administration alongside Pakistan and Bangladesh.
In 2022, the BSF Gujarat apprehended 22 Pakistani fishermen and seized 79 Pakistani fishing boats alongside the marshy and tough terrain within the Bhuj Sector. 50 packets of Heroin value Rs 250 crores and 61 packets of Charas value Rs 2.49 crores have been additionally recovered from the coastal and creek areas. In the Barmer sector, 14 packets of Heroin value Rs 70 crores have been recovered in a joint operation with ATS Jodhpur, whereas Rs 12.05 lakhs have been additionally recovered from suspected smugglers.
As many as twenty-two Indians, 4 Pakistanis, two Bangladeshi, two Canadians and a Rohingya native have been additionally arrested for his or her involvement in numerous unlawful transborder actions.
BSF Gujarat was additionally awarded the coveted Ashwini Trophy for the yr 2021-22, 3 times in a row, amongst 11 Frontiers of the BSF for greatest efficiency in Training and Sports actions.
More than 350 Mahila Praharies of BSF Gujarat are successfully safeguarding our nation’s borders regardless of the vagaries of nature, the BSF stated.
Meanwhile, the Jammu frontier of the pressure celebrated its 43 Raising Day at BSF Paloura camp, Jammu. The Jammu frontier was raised on 01 January 1981 after bifurcating the erstwhile North Western Frontier. On the event D Okay Boora, IG BSF Jammu congratulated all officers and Jawans of this frontier.
The Frontier means about 192 km of International Border with Pakistan and troops underneath it are additionally deployed on the Line of Control together with the Indian Army in Naushera/ Rajouri and Poonch sector.
This frontier had received the Maharana Pratap Trophy for greatest Border Management system for 2022 which was offered by Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityananda Rai and the 48 bn BSF of this frontier has additionally received the DG’s Banner for greatest Operational Battalion for the yr 2022.
