BSF commanders asked to spend 25 nights a month at posts along border

A directive, accessed by PTI, said the senior commanders of the force “have taken a serious view on inadequate night halts”, undertaken by the field commanders in the recent past, and hence, they have been asked to now spend “at least” 25 night stops at border posts.

BSF officers in the Punjab frontier have also been asked to undertake similar measures.

This order for night halt of battalion commanders in forwarding areas is for some time. The strategy can be modified as per the prevailing situation, a senior official said.

The battalion in-charges have also been asked to set up a tactical base, or operational center at one of the forward locations along the Jammu frontier, to ensure that there is no let-up in security, and an effective vigil is maintained.

The recent order is being seen in the light of a massive exercise undertaken by the Border Security Force, to fortify the ‘anti-infiltration grid’ along the Pakistan border in Punjab and Jammu, by mobilizing its entire senior field brass, troops, and machinery.

The operation, code-named ‘Sudarshan’, was launched between July 1-15 and will cover the entire over a 1,000 km length of the IB in the two states.

While Jammu shares about 485 km border with Pakistan, about 553 km of the front runs along Punjab. Further, it runs down towards Rajasthan and Gujarat on India’s western flank.

The BSF is the primary force guarding this frontier as the ‘first line of defense’.

The government recently told Parliament that the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed an improvement, and the net infiltration from across the border has reduced by 43 percent after a surgical strike was carried out on terror camps in Pakistan.

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