Director General, Border Security Force Rakesh Asthana visited BSF Meru Camp on Monday. The DG was welcomed with Guard of Honour. He inaugurated the renovated Officers Institute of Training Camp & School and newly built Battle Obstacle Assault Course (BOAC) complex. The newly built complex consists of 26 different battlefield obstacles, which the soldiers may have to negotiate in battle conditions.
Asthana also inspected KendriyaVidyalaya, Children Traffic Park, Family Welfare Centre and witnessed demonstration on Artificial wall climbing.He reviewed the training activities of Tactical, Battalion Support Weapon Group and visited the newly introduced professional clubs. He also had a feel of jungle safari newly put in place to sensitize the Meru BSF family on environment protection, preservation and promotion.
Ravi Gandhi, Inspector General, Training Camp & School briefed him during the visit about the ongoing training activities, initiatives being taken during last two quarters by this institute. During the visit, D K Sharma, DIG, designated IG, STC accompanied the DG and briefed him on training, infrastructure and connected matters of STC.
The DG, in his address to the officers, exhorted all to keep on formulating innovative techniques so that trainees can stay ahead of the new and emerging challenges, in future. He also markedly mentioned that the new infrastructure will boost the training quality to the next level, since the Institution is a designated centre of excellence for Counter Insurgence- Commando and Explosive Detection and Handling.
He praised the efforts put up by this Institution to constantly improve training material and methodology. Asthana accorded paradigm impetus to training in BSF, first line of defence of India; evident from his second visit in last five months to this Institute of pivotal role, in combat training.
Trainers in the comprehensive event exhibited free, fix, knotted, jhumar climbing, seat rippling, free rappling, casualty evacuation rappling and team slithering which garnered a lot of praise from the DG.