NEW DELHI – Indian troops poor state of affairs and operational issues havebeen revealed in a high level meeting in New Delhi.
Out of the 2,061 Border Fencing Light poles along the international borderin Gujarat’s Bhuj and Gandhinagar Sector, only 616 are “functional”, theBSF has told the CPWD, according to the minutes of an inter-departmentalco-ordination meeting held in November.
Border Security Force officers also informed the CPWD that out of 82 dieselgensets, only 38 are “functional”, “affecting operational duties” by thetroops on the sensitive international border, the minutes stated. Themeeting was held at BSF Headquarters in New Delhi, during which seniorofficers of BSF and CPWD, the government’s largest construction agency,discussed several projects.
BSF Director General Rajni Kant Mishra and Central Public Works DepartmentDG Prabhakar Singh also attended the November 16 meeting.
India’s border with Pakistan runs through four states, Jammu and Kashmir(1,225 km, which includes 740 km of Line of Control), Rajasthan (1,037 km),Punjab (553 km) and Gujarat (508 km). “Out of 2,061 BFL poles, only 616 BFLpoles are functional (along the international border in Bhuj andGandhinagar Sector). Out of 82 DG sets, only 38 DG sets are functional.
CPWD (was) requested to carry out the he necessary repair at the earliestas it is affecting operational duties performed by the troops deployed onthe sensitive international border,” stated the meeting’s minutes preparedby the BSF and sent to the CPWD director general on December 12.