BSF Jawans celebrates festival of Lohiri at the international border

From Ground Report

by  Vijay Kumar    January 12, 2011

Jammu, January 12 - The Border Security Force  personnel celebrated the festival of 'Lohri'  at the India-Pakistan border in Jammu here on Wednesday braving harsh weather conditions.

According to a News agency, Kashmir Independent Press (KIP) that large number of BSF personnel got together on the occasion and danced to the tunes of drum beats and popular Punjabi numbers to celebrate the festival with fanfare wearing spirit of camaraderie.

The Lohri is celebrated with fervour and gaiety so that troops, who cannot go home during the festival, do not miss their families.

KIP quoting a senior BSF officer taking a break from celebrations at the octroi post, said  
"We are celebrating this festival here with great enthusiasm for our soldiers, who are like our children. We want that they should not miss their homes and families."

"We want that they should feel as if they are celebrating this festival with their families. And you have seen their excitement here," he added.Large number of local vilagers also joined the festivities at the octroi post and together prayed for the peace and prosperity in the region.In Jammu the festival of Lohiri was celebrated at numerous places to mark the change of weather. (KIP).

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