Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 24: Arun Chaudhary, Director General of SSB was here on two-day official visit of Jammu for reviewing operation deployment of the Force at various sensitive locations across the State.
He met Dy Inspector General, Staff officers, SHQ Srinagar and Comdt 42nd Bn and discussed the operational deployment of the 5 Battalions of SSB under the administrative and operational control of the latter for carrying out Counter Insurgency Operations and Law & Order duties.
Two of the five battalions are deployed in Jammu region i.e. 42nd Bn at Batote covering the sensitive areas of district Doda whereas 48th Bn is deployed in the district Ramban for Railway Project Security duties. Similarly, three battalions are deployed in Srinagar one each at Gulshan Nagar (43rd Bn) with its deployment stretching across sensitive locations of district Baramulla, 46th Bn at Tatoo Ground, Srinagar and 47th Bn at Soura, Srinagar for C I (Ops) and Law and Order duties.
Recently, SSB has also been entrusted with the additional responsibility of Railway Project Security duties between Dharam-Qazigund sections of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link Project (USBRL) in district Ramban.
Arun Chaudhary, also called on Governor N N Vohra and apprised him of the nature of duties, the SSB is carrying out in Kashmir valley and in the districts of Doda and Ramban.
The Director General also presided over a Sainik Sammelan at ‘F’ Coy of 42nd Bn, Channi Himmat, Jammu and interacted with the Jawans. He gave a patient hearing to the points raised by the Jawans and suggested several remedial measures besides asking the Commandant to immediately resolve welfare issues of the jawans.
The DG expressed satisfaction over the performance of the SSB units and commended all ranks for their utmost dedication, hard work and devotion to duties. However, at the same time, he cautioned officers and Jawans to remain committed to their mandated duties and not to develop complacency at any point of time. He emphasized to follow Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) and adhere security precautions while on duty or even during time off from duty.
Arun Choudhary also had a meeting with Director General (Police) J&K at Police Hqrs Jammu where he impressed upon to evolve strategy to improve operational preparedness of SSB in tandem with Jammu and Kashmir Police. Both of them put emphasis on the need for concerted efforts and greater synergy between SSB and J&K Police in the given multifaceted scenario.
Before his departure to Delhi today, the DG SSB had a meeting with Chief Secretary, Government of J&K in Civil Secretariat at Jammu and put forth the issues relating to allocation of land to the SSB for establishment of Sector Hqrs and Reserve Battalion at Sringar and Jammu respectively.
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