STUDY VISIT OF PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE

Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs to the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh visited FTR HQ BSF Jammu and BOP Makwal as a part of study visit on administration, development and people welfare in the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
This 18 member Parliamentary Committee was led by Sh Anand Sharma, Chairman, Hon’ble MP. The Parliamentary Committee was received by Sh Surender Panwar, IPS, SDG BSF and Sh N S Jamwal, IG BSF Jammu at the Jammu airport today.
Thereafter, the committee members visited BSF BOP Makwal where they were shown the various border domination aspects. The Committee members witnessed various drills at BOP showcasing the Border Management, Border Domination and Surveillance. The members interacted with BSF officers and troops and got the first hand feeling of the BSF working conditions and challenges faced by BSF troops deployed on the BOPs. N S Jamwal, IG BSF and Commandant BSF also briefed the committee members about the border challenges and difficulties being faced by BSF troops there. The members also interacted with the local border villagers.
Thereafter, the Parliamentary Committee members visited BSF HQ
The delegation was welcomed by S Panwar,IPS, SDG BSF at the conference hall of Frontier Headquarter BSF Paloura Camp Jammu. N S Jamwal, IG gave a detailed presentation to the Parliamentary committee members covering all the critical aspects of Border security and Domination on Jammu IB. N S Jamwal, IG described the general security scenario of Jammu IB covering the deployment pattern of BSF units and their robust domination aspects on the complete Jammu IB.

Sh N S Jamwal, special emphasis was given on the Drone threat posed by Pakistani Drones abetting Smuggling of Weapons.
N S Jamwal, IG also gave a glimpse of BSF Border infrastructure covering various aspects like requirement of road connectivity upto BOPs, 24 hrs uninterrupted supply of electricity and clean piped drinking water to the BOPs/ FDPs.
Recent BSF achievement like seizure of Narcotics on border, Neutralizing Pak intruders, Detection of Tunnels and shooting down of Pak Hexocopter was shown to the Parliamentary Committee Members which was hugely appreciated.