Title - Rly police celebrates raising day

Jammu : The Government Railway Police (GRP), Jammu, organised a road march here this morning marking the raising day celebrations of the Jammu and Kashmir police.Jammu Railways SP Shiv Kumar told The Tribune that officials of the GRP marched from GRP Lines Jammu to Harki Podhi Bagh-e-Baghu. 172 police personnel, including senior officers, took part in the event. Kumar said, “The main motive of the road march was to ensure physical fitness and alertness among the jawans.”The Jammu and Kashmir police came into existence on June12, 1873.“Besides this, the other objective for holding the march is to gear up for the forthcoming Amarnath Yatra. We have been looking at all the aspects to ensure security and service to the pilgrims. The Jammu railway station receives a great rush of pilgrims from across the country and it is important for us to make prior arrangements,” he added.Among those present on the occasion were Railways SDPO Paramvir Singh, Dy SP GRP Lines Jammu, Parshotam Kumar Mengi and SDPO Railways Vijayur Atul Kumar.