From The Times Of India
Apr 22, 2012
JAISALMER: Union minister of state for home Bhanwar Jitendra Singh inaugurated the firing range of Border Security Force at Kishangarh area near Indo-Pak border here. On this occasion BSF special DG Arvind Ranjan, Rajasthan frontier IG KL Meena, Jaisalmer sector (north) DIG BR Meghwal, sector (south) Balwinder Singh Bhajwa, Rajasthan Frontier DIG Pushpendra Singh Rathore, MP Harish Choudhary, MLA Sale Mohammad, including other eminent people were present.
Singh reached Jaisalmer at noon by a special plane. He was received by other dignitaries.Rajasthan frontier IG KL Meena, DIG ushpendra singh rathore, ex-MLA Govardhan Kalla, muncipality chairmen Ashok Tanwar, MP Harish Chaudhary including other BSF officers received him.
Later he reached Kishangarh range near Indo-Pak border by BSF helicopter, where he inaugurated the firing range in a grand function
. BSF artillery soldiers demonstrated various arms 7.6 medium machine gun, 31 automatic grinade launcher, 81 MM mortar firing and hit the targets
. This firing range is the biggest firing range of paramilitary force. Jawans and officers of BSF situated in various parts of the country can do the test practice here.
It is to be mentioned that world's largest para military force BSF deployed at the international borders of Pakistan and Bangladesh, to meet the new challenges across the borders, to bring sharpness it their hitting capacity and to improve their skills, now have their own field firing range at Kishangarh area in Jaisalmer district. The country's first field firing range has now become operational.
He paid his obeisance at Tanot Mateshwari Temple and motivated jawans in the Sainik Samelan here. After Tanot, he went to border outpost (BOP) Moomal and checked the security arrangements.
BSF DIG Meghwal said that in the process of modernization,
earlier BSF had to be dependent on other field firing ranges to check and test their weapons and other resources. and looking to the new challenges across the borders, the BSF has to attend training programmes of using weapons and other ammunitions.
It was felt that BSF needed its own field firing range. "At present, we have a small level range in Hazari Bagh ( Bihar) and Dharanga ( Sikkim), where BSF practises," he said.
Meghwal added that this is the first modern firing range at Kishangarh area in Jaisalmer. The 7 km long and 5 km wide range covers an area of 9,500 acres. BSF jawans and officers deployed in Jammu, Srinagar, Punjab, Gujarat and Rajasthan can come here for firing practice. In this range, 81mm mortar, 51mm mortar, rocket launcher and other ammunitions will be fired.
Meghwal said that modern facilities including electricity, water, visitors' gallery and target for firing etc. have been provided in this range.
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Jaisalmer: Union minister of state for home Bhanwar Jitendra Singh inaugurated the country's first firing range of Border Security Force at Kishangarh area near Indo-Pak border. On this occasion BSF special DG Arvind Ranjan, Rajasthan frontier IG KL Meena, Jaisalmer sector (north) DIG BR Meghwal, sector (south) balwinder singh bhajwa, Rajasthan Frontier DIG Pushpendra Singh Rathore, MP Harish Choudhary, MLA sale mohammad, including other eminent people were present.
Singh reached Jaisalmer at 12 noon by special plane. Rajasthan Frontier IG KL Meena, DIG pushpendra singh rathore, ex-MLA Govardhan Kalla, muncipality chairmen Ashok Tanwar, MP Harish Chaudhary including other BSF officers received him. Later he reached Kishangarh range near Indo Pak border by BSF helicopter, where he inaugurated the firing range in a grand function. BSF artillery soldiers demonstration 7.6 medium machine gun, 31 automatic grinade launcher, 81 MM mortar firing and hit the targets. This firing range is the biggest firing range of para military force. Jawans and officers of BSF situated in various parts of the country can do the test practice here.
It is to be mentioned that world's largest para military force BSF deployed at the international borders of Pakistan and Bangladesh, to meet the new challenges across the borders, to bring sharpness it their hitting capacity and to improve their skills, now have their own field firing range at Kishangarh area in Jaisalmer district. The country's first field firing range has now become operational.
He payed his obeisance at Tanot Mateshwari Mandir and motivated jawans in Sainik Samelan at Tanot. After Tanot, he went to BOP Moomal and checked various security arrangements. He thereafter inaugrated barrack's & building's.
BSF DIG Meghwal said that in the process of modernization, BSF had to be dependent on other field firing range to check and test their weapons and other resources and looking to the new challenges across the borders, the BSF has to attend training programmes of using weapons and other ammunitions. The need for its own field firing range was felt badly for this. At present, we have range at small level at Hazari Bagh (Bihar) and Dharanga (Sikkim), where BSF does the firing practice.
He said that this is first modern BSF's firing range at Kishangarh area in Jaisalmer. It is 7km long and 5km wide that is the range is prepared on 9500 acres of land. BSF jawans and officers deployed at Jammu, Srinagar, Punjab, Gujarat and Rajasthan States can come here for firing practice. In this range, 81mm mortar, 51mm mortar, rocket launcher and other ammunitions will be fired. Meghwal said that modern facilities have been provided in this range including electricity, water, visitors gallery and target for firing etc.
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