Border Security Force Starts Exercise To Enhance Security Along Pak Border

The 'Ops Alert' exercise commenced on January 21 and will continue till January 28 "all along the Indo-Pak international border.

The Border Security Force has started an "Ops Alert'' exercise to enhance security along the India-Pakistan border in the Kutch district of Gujarat and Barmer in Rajasthan in view of the upcoming Republic Day celebrations, the BSF said on Sunday.

The exercise, which began on Saturday, was being carried out to "thwart any ill designs of anti-national elements" during the Republic Day celebrations, the BSF Gujarat Frontier said in a release.

The 'Ops Alert' exercise commenced on January 21 and will continue till January 28 "all along the Indo-Pak international border from Sir Creek (marshy area) to the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat and Barmer district of Rajasthan," it said.

The BSF will carry out special operations in forward and depth areas as well as creeks and 'Harami Nalla' as part of the exercise. It has also planned public outreach programmes as part of the exercise, the release said.