In a worrying trend, the Border Security Force (BSF) has found that heart diseases or road accidents account for nearly 30 per-cent of deaths of its personnel annually.

BSF director general K K Sharma, in an interaction with troops along the International Border (IB) in Jaisalmer on Saturday, asked them to adopt healthy lifestyles and drive safely.

He said figures showed that out of about 400 deaths taking place in a year in the country's largest border guarding force, 70 were because of heart attacks and about 50 due to vehicular accidents. Sharma, who inaugurated a BSF outpost, also asked his men to effectively dominate forward areas along the IB in the Rajasthan sector.

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"The DG emphasised on the use of technology for effective domination and border management. He said a trial is undergoing on a 5-km patch along the IB in Punjab and Jammu border... by using smart gadgets," a senior official said.

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