Schoolgirls, women celebrate Raksha Bandhan with troops at LoC
Jammu, Aug 30 (PTI) Army and paramilitary personnel stationed far away from home along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) in Jammu region on Wednesday celebrated Raksha Bandhan as hundreds of schoolgirls and women tied them rakhis to mark the festival.
Several security installations and camps along the LoC, IB and in Samba, Kathua, Jammu, Rajouri, Poonch and Udhampur districts organized events to celebrate the day, with schoolgirls and local women tying rakhis on the wrists of Army, paramilitary, and police personnel.
In Samba, girl students drawn from Samba and Beingallar areas thronged various border outposts along IB in the district and tied rakhis on wrists of BSF personnel.
