Deepak Kumar Sinha , Inspector General of Shastra Seema Bal (SSB) presided over the Passing Out Parade and Oath Taking Ceremony of SSB contingents at Sapri near Jwalamukhi in district Kangra of Himachal Pardesh on Tuesday.
He inspected the passing out parade and took salute from the passing out SSB contingents in an impressive passing out Parade ceremony. He gave away prizes and mementoes to the outstanding contingents for their extra-ordinary training skills during their training period at Sapri Training Centre besides various other extra-curriculum activities.
He congratulated the contingents.
Earlier, DIG Mukesh Kumar , Commandant of SSB Training Center Sapri, commended the services being rendered by the SSB contingents on the frontiers of the nation.
He exhorted the contingents to rededicate themselves to the services of the nation and depressed section of the society.
He hoped that with the strengthening of the Battalion the security network of the nation would get strengthened further and discipline maintained at all level. He appreciated the skills developed amongst the SSB recruits during their training period and hoped that every contingent would be able to discharge their duties with dedication and sincerity which had been taught to them during the training period.
He said that the SSB had been rendering yeoman service in guarding the national boundaries and lending its helping hand to civil administration during emergency and natural calamities like carrying out relief and rehabilitation to the affected people. He said that SSB believed in nation building and an organization which had connected the people residing in the inaccessible areas with the mainstream.
He said that the medical and veterinary services being delivered by SSB para medics had helped in making available immediate health facilities for which people of those areas always remember the SSB. He said that it had been carrying out commendable duties in odd hours also