Faridkot3 hours ago
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Monsoon is fully active in Punjab. Due to the torrential rains, the fields and barns are overflowing with rain water. In the border areas of Ferozepur, rain water is breaking the fencing of BSF and going towards Pakistan. BSF and Pak Rangers, the security agencies of both the countries deployed in the security of the border, are seen helpless in front of nature.
A similar scene was seen on Saturday near gate number 206 of Lakkha Singh Wali, Firozpur sector border outpost of Indo-Pak International Border. Where in the strong flow of rain, the barbed wire along the drain was seen breaking and falling. To prevent any kind of infiltration from the Pakistani side, the rain water went into the border of Pakistan by breaking the barbed wire installed here.
Under Ferozepur border range, near gate number 206 of border outpost Lakkha Singh Wali, rainwater flowing down the fencing and moving forward.
BSF-Pakistani Rangers helpless in front of nature
Indian BSF and Pakistani Rangers kept on watching this scene of nature helplessly. Gurpreet Singh, a farmer of border village Sethan Wali, said that the barbed wire on the border near Gate No. 206 of Lakkha Singh Wali, the border outpost, broke and fell. It has been raining since Saturday morning. Due to soil sliding from the ground, the soil at the base of the pillars under the wire was washed away towards Pakistan with the flow of water.
Due to which the border fence has suffered a lot. Apart from the rains, when the water of Sutlej river rises, it also causes problems for the BSF jawans, as many areas falling under the Firozpur border range have been fenced by the BSF to prevent infiltration from across the border. drowns in Not only this, the border posts of BSF also come under the grip of flood water.
Patrolling on foot is a very difficult task
In such a situation, the BSF increases its vigilance further to stop the anti-national people who are trying to carry out smuggling and other illegal activities. But patrolling on foot amidst flood water is a very difficult task. That too when rain water continues to spread for many kilometers.