Amit Shah lays foundation for Sir Creek 'mooring' place

NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Saturday reviewed the operations and management of the Border Security Force (BSF) at Kutch near the coastal border with Pakistan. Shah visited sensitive Sir Creek and Harami Nala in the district of Gujarat to lay the foundation for a Rs 257 core "mooring place", which would help maintain around 400 water crafts and floating border outposts operated by BSF on the India-Pakistan border.

Shah said the government understood the adverse situation in which BSF jawans worked to secure the nation's frontiers and promised to ensure budgetary allocations to give them better facilities.

After conducting 'bhumi pujan' of the mooring place, Shah said the facility will include an administrative building, canteen, officers' mess, training centre, parade ground and a workshop for repair and supply of over 450 water vessels that are used to maintain vigilance.

"BSF is the only force among all CAPFs which has expertise in securing land and water borders and it has its own air wing also...BSF has the capability, strength and courage to protect water, land and sky like the Indian Army," Shah said while addressing the personnel.

He also inaugurated a 28 km-long Chidyamode-BR Bet Link Road, and an outpost tower at the 1164 pillar along the Harami Nala. The link road will ensure operational and logistic support to BSF personnel deployed on the border. The 9.5 metre tall outpost pillar, equipped with state-of-the-art cameras, will capture the slightest movement across the border even in adverse conditions, said a home ministry statement.

Shah noted that building seven such outpost towers was critical for the security forces along this border.


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