82nd Battalion CRPF celebrates its Raising Day

Srinagar, June 2: The 82 battalion of paramilitary CRPF celebrated its 29th Raising Day under the command of Commandant G.D Pandharinath.

A CRPF spokesman told CNS the unit was raised on 1/6/1985 at Rampur (UP) and served various parts of country for maintaining law and order, counter insurgency and anti-Naxal operations. A raising day fair was organized by the unit P. Rajasekaran, IPS, DIG, CRPF, Srinagar North was the chief guest and he inaugurated the raising day fair by cutting the ribbon.

He said various food stall and games stalls as well as quiz competitions were held in the fair. Besides a blood donation camp was also organized by the Battalion.

A memento to the unit was also presented on this occasion by the chief guest. The fair was attended by P.K Singh IG CRPF Srinagar,

Bhupindar Singh, DIGP, RTC Srinagar, K M Yadav, DIGP, CRPF, south, Srinagar, Sandeep Datta, DIGP, CRPF, Chajju Ram DIGP, IGP Office and other senior officers from CRPF and Civil Police.

Source: http://www.thenorthlines.com/newsdet.aspx?q=80629

BSF organized a voluntary blood donation camp

SHILLONG: The BSF organized a voluntary blood donation camp at 44 BN BSF, Mawpat, Shillong on Saturday in collaboration with blood bank department NEIGRIHMS, on the eve of the Battalion’s Raising Day.

BSF personnel are celebrating their raising day by donating their blood to people of Meghalaya and prove that even their joy and celebration are also dedicated to border State population.

The BSF informed that on the eve of the Raising Day Anniversary celebration, more than two dozen Officers and Jawans of 44 BN voluntarily donated blood to NEIGRIMHS as a good will gesture for the people of Meghalaya.

Lectures on anemia were delivered on the occasion and families of BSF personnel of various sectors and units under Frontier head quarter BSF Meghalaya attended the camp.

Source: http://www.theshillongtimes.com/2014/06/01/bsf-celebrates-raising-day/