With a proud tradition of safeguarding Indian Borders, Sashastra Seema Bal celebrates its 55th Anniversary

New Delhi, Dec 25: The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) celebrated its 55th Anniversary Parade at its 25th Battalion, Ghitorni, yesterday. The Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju took the salute of the parade and he inspected the impressive parade with Director General, SSB, S S Deswal. Union Minister awarded President’s Police Medal for distinguished service and Police Medal for meritorious service in acknowledgement of their service to the Nation.

Rijiju applauded the SSB for serving the Nation with the motto of “Seva, Suraksha and Bandutva”, wherever it has been deployed since its inception in the year 1963. He said that SSB has become the second largest Border Guarding Force of the country. He appreciated SSB for operationalization of its all 73 Battalions in a given span of time. He also said that Government has approved the creation of 650 posts for the intelligence set-up of Sashastra Seema Bal.

Rijiju said that SSB is the first Border Guarding Force of the Nation to induct women in the year 2007 for border guarding duties. He said that SSB has been performing its duties to guard India’s borders with friendly neighbouring countries, which is a challenging task in itself. He added that SSB is also performing its duties in other parts of the country such as J&K, LWE affected areas, and natural calamities hit areas, among others.

He expressed his happiness that SSB has signed a MoU with National Skill Development Corporation to impart training to the victims rescued from human traffickers and making them self-reliant.

The Minister commended the achievements of SSB against perpetrators of various crimes, drug peddlers, illegal arms, wildlife and prohibited items on the border.