JODHPUR: Tourists coming to Jaisalmer will now be able to see the Indo-Pak border from a close proximity. BSF is working on a border tourism model a little beyond Tanot Mata temple to create a Waghah-Attari border like charm.
The initiative will commence in the form of Beating Retreat ceremony at Babliyan post next month and would be soon extended to Bikaner's Sanchu and Khajuwala border posts.
IG, BSF (Rajasthan Frontier) Pankaj Goomar on Tuesday said that every citizen of the country has a wish to visit the international border and keeping this in mind, the BSF has been working on a model to develop tourism at the border posts close to the border.
"For this, a stadium with a seating capacity of 2,000 visitors has already been built at Babliyan post. In the beginning, we would hold Beating Retreat event like the one at Atari border from next month," said Goomar adding that Pakistan would not be a part of this event for now.
BSF has taken this initiative in association with the state government. While fulfilling the wish of the citizens to have a glimpse like Wagah-Attari Indo-Pak border, this initiative is also aimed at instilling in the visitors a sense of patriotism.
A large number of tourists and devotees visit Tanot Mata temple every year and almost all of them nurture a wish to visit the Indo-Pak border, which is about 20 km from the temple. But in absence of any such permission, they have to go back with an unfufilled wish.
