By way of PTI
NEW DELHI: The Border Safety Drive (BSF) on Tuesday exchanged candies with its opposite numbers in Pakistan and Bangladesh at more than a few places on the entrance at the instance of Eid-ul-Fitr.
The paramilitary power is tasked to protect the 2 delicate and essential borders with its neighbours.
Whilst it stocks a three,323 lengthy world border (IB) with Pakistan on India’s western flank, the India-Bangladesh entrance at the jap aspect of the rustic is 4,096 kms lengthy.
Candies had been exchanged between Pak Rangers and BSF at the instance of Eid-ul-fitr on the Attari-Wagah joint test put up alongside the IB in Punjab, a spokesperson of the power mentioned.
The alternate of candies was once additionally carried out all alongside the border posts in Samba, Kathua, RS Pura and Akhnoor underneath the Jammu frontier of the power.
“BSF Jammu introduced the candies to Rangers and Rangers reciprocated the BSF gesture.” BSF has all the time been on the vanguard in developing a calm and congenial surroundings at the border whilst dominating it successfully. Such gestures lend a hand construct a calm surroundings and cordial dating between each border guarding forces,” the spokesperson mentioned.
Equivalent alternate of candies wad carried out between the BSF and its jap counterpart Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), at a number of issues around the entrance.
The South Bengal frontier of the power headquartered in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, mentioned its troops exchanged candies and greetings with BGB group of workers at Pertrapole (North 24 Parganas district) and different posts.
“Each the border guarding forces percentage cordial and congenial members of the family. The alternate of candies are a goodwill gesture and mirror true comradeship. It additionally is helping in construction and strengthening cordial members of the family,” the spokesperson mentioned.
The spokesperson added that in conjunction with the greetings of Eid-Ul-Fitr competition, BSF is keeping up “alertness and strict vigil” alongside the border spaces at the jap entrance.