New Delhi, November 15
The 44th Annual Governing Body Meeting of the Tear Smoke Unit (TSU) of Border Security Force, was held at BSF headquarters under the chairmanship of Director General, Border Security Force Daljit Singh Chawdhary.
The meeting was attended by senior Officers from BPR&D, DRDE, CRPF, MHA, Delhi Police, MP Police, Munitions India Limited and Ministry of Finance.
Asif Jalal, IPS, IG (Provisioning), BSF, welcomed the delegates and Ved Prakash Badola, DIG/ General Manager, Tear Smoke Unit presented the report highlighting the achievements of TSU and laid out the future road map.
Addressing the Governing Body, DG BSF encapsulated TSU journey since its inception and hailed it for manufacturing and supplying Less-lethal Munitions to all India's Police Forces for maintaining law-and-order situation within the confine of India democratic set-up.
He also mentioned that TSU holds expertise in Less-lethal munitions and associated knowhow. He also complemented TSU for ensuring highest standards of quality, timely meeting its production target and introduction of new products thereby meeting the needs of Police forces catering to different tactical and climatic conditions.
It is worth mentioning that TSU is producing Less-Lethal Munitions matching global standards and catering to the full requirements of all State Police and Armed forces of the country.
TSU also holds certification in ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, ISO 50001:2018, ISO/ IEC 27001:2013 & ISO/ IEC 17025:2017 (NABL). Recently TSU products have been granted patent which speaks volume about technological prowess of TSU.
The BSF stated that TSU products broadly include Lachrymatory munitions; Flash-Bang munitions, Impact munitions and customized munitions for special operations. TSU is in process of automating the production process and introducing new variants of lachrymatory munitions. TSU has an excellent R&D setup. Recently TSU R&D team has developed Drone Tear Smoke Launcher for Ariel dropping of Tear Smoke Grenades which will bring paradigm shift in maintaining Law and order situation in India.
The governing body applauded GM TSU and his team for their exemplary role and hard work for leading the TSU to its present stature. It was also recognized that timely and effective utilization of the TSU munitions have saved valuable human lives and public assets worth crore of rupees. GBM emphasized on the need for more Bio-safe, Less-Lethal indigenous products complying with international standards suitable for the changing security scenario, stated BSF.
