Barracks for women troops opened in R S Pura

Jammu, November 12

Inspector General (IG) of Border Security Force, Jammu frontier, D K Boora on Friday inaugurated separate barracks for women BSF troopers in R S Pura sector here, officials said.

The BSF has deployed women personnel along the International Border (IB) in Jammu, Punjab and Rajasthan to guard the borderline with Pakistan along with their men counterparts, they said. In continuation to the forces’ efforts to provide comfortable and better living on the International Border, Boora, accompanied by Surjit Singh, DIG Jammu sector, inaugurated the border infrastructure along the IB in Jammu in forward areas of Kawa Chak and Suchetgarh sectors, the officials said. This includes mahila jawan barracks and other residential Infrastructure, they added. He said it would provide proper comfort to the troops performing arduous and tough duty on the border. — PTI