In a unique initiative, border guarding force SSB has replaced its gun-toting troops with a 'smiling' non-combatised personnel team to interact and frisk people who cross-over to India from the international borders of Nepal and Bhutan.

In a unique initiative, border guarding force SSB has replaced its gun-toting troops with a 'smiling' non-combatised personnel team to interact and frisk people who cross-over to India from the international borders of Nepal and Bhutan. The new "interactive" protocol has been put in place by the Sashastra Seema Bal keeping in mind India's good relations with these two eastern neighbours and the fact that scores of civilians cross-over to both the sides for their regular business and visits.