Security given go-by at Jammu Frontier BSF HQ

Amit Khajuria

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Tribune News Service

Jammu, February 19

Even after the fidayeen attack on the Sunjuwan military station on February 10, the Border Security Force (BSF), Jammu Frontier, it seems, has learnt no lessons as there is no security check of private vehicles plying through the link road inside the campus.

The 1-km-long road connecting Paloura to Akhnoor Road passing through the mid of the BSF Jammu Frontier Headquarter, located in the Jammu city, is open for the private vehicles. Though guards are present on both the entry gates, they hardly stop any vehicle for checking.

However, this road is a big relief for the people living in the upper Palaura area as it shortens their distance to Akhnoor Road by 5 km.

On both sides of the connecting road, there are some offices of the BSF officials, an auditorium and residential quarters of the BSF personnel. The BSF has constructed about 12-foot-long walls on the roadsides.

Inspector General (IG)-led BSF Frontier looks after the 198-km-long International Border of the Jammu region.

Ram Awtar, Jammu Frontier BSF IG, admitted that the link road was a security threat to the camp as anyone could enter the campus area in their private vehicle. However, he assured that they had sufficient security system on that road.

“Any road inside the camp is a security threat, we cannot deny that. We have sufficient manpower deployed on it, which could have been utilised somewhere else,” the IG added.

“We do not have any plans to close this road as it was reopened by the court a few years ago,” he said.