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Officers from the Assam Rifles and Indian Coast Guard seen during the reciprocal ceremony on June 11.[/caption]
Dimapur, June 12 (EMN): Following the formal affiliation of the Assam Rifles and the Indian Coast Guard with each other as the two Border Guarding Forces on May 22 at the Hq DG Assam Rifles in Laitkor, Shillong, a reciprocal affiliation ceremony was held on June 11 on-board the Indian Coast Guard Ship ‘Shourya’ at Chennai.
According to an update from the PRO (Defence), the ceremony was preceded by presentation of joint guard of honour to Lt Gen Sukhdeep Sangwan, Sena Medal and Bar, Director General Assam Rifles followed by reading of Charter of Affiliation and release of special postal cover through Post Master General, Chennai.
The ceremony was hosted by the Additional Director General of Indian Coast Guard, VSR Murthy, PTM, TM, along with a host of officers and men from both the forces.
The ‘Charter of Affiliation’ signed at Shillong on May 22 between the Assam Rifles and the Indian Coast Guard was also read out.
The affiliation aims at facilitating greater understanding of each other’s operational ethos and to ensure better coordination at ground level that would aid in meeting the ever changing aspects of border guarding under various conditions.
Both the forces aim at fruitfully exploiting the expertise of each other in operational, training, administration and scores of other activities.