Dirty Train Delays Deployment of BSF Troops for Amarnath Yatra

Around 1,200 personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) were finally set to board a second special train that will take them to Jammu on Wednesday evening, two days after the first train sent to pick them up was found to be unfit for passengers.

- Prawesh Lama and Neha LM Tripathi

NEW DELHI:

The 13 companies of BSF, which will be deployed along the route of the Amarnath Yatra were to board the train from Agartala and Udaipur (both in Tripura), and Silchar and Guwahati (in Assam). After the first train sent by Indian Railways for their travel on Monday was found to be in poor shape, Indian Railways, officials aware of the matter said, sent another train from Jammu.

A BSF officer aware of the matter said: "Around 1,200 jawans were set to leave from different parts of Northeast India to Jammu. The train was to start on Monday night from Udaipur in Tripura and pick up other jawans from different places along the way. The train arrived on Monday evening and was inspected by senior BSF officials. There is always an inspection by senior officers before the jawans board the special train."