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Continuous power for BSF on border
To ensure that electricity along the border remains continuous, the Border Security Force will be getting a special power supply line...
Jammu | July 12, 2008 12:00 AM IST
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To ensure that electricity along the border remains continuous, the Border Security Force BSF will be getting a special power supply line along the Akhnoor sector to Kathua from the State8217;s Power Department. The move comes as a means to check militant infiltration that increases during the night.
Deputy Inspector General DIG of BSF, J B Sanghvan, said, 8220;At the time of power breakdown we make use of the generators so that there was no infiltration. We even use the mobile generators.8221;
According to officials. the proposal for the power supply line will be taken up by the BSF with the Power Development Department PDD. 8220; The supply line to the border as of now comes from sub transmission line-Ist and the BSF depends on generators for the illumination of the border,8221; said Executive Engineer Division III, Power Development Department, M L Kalotra.
BSF personnel move along the border in armoured vehicles as well as engage in daily patrolling. Continuous power along the border is among the measures taken by the BSF as part of intensifying its vigil. Other steps include the deployment of more BSF personnel and modern gadgets to accentuate surveillance.
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