Jawans take to yoga as stress-buster

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NEW DELHI: It's evening. In a sprawling landscaped ground, thousands of young men are stretched out on exercise mats in neat rows and columns. Pranayam, Bhujang Asana, Manduka Asana — they are doing it all. Nothing out of the ordinary except that they are paramilitary personnel.

It's stress-busting time at the 25th Battalion BSF camp at Chhawla, located on the outer edges of west Delhi. The workouts are part of a 10-day 'shivir', a workshop on yoga and pranayama by Baba Ramdev and his shishyas.

The huge scale shows the seriousness with which organizers the Welfare and rehabilitation Board (Warb) want to arrest stress among soldiers. " The 3,000 men from CRPF, BSF, ITBP, CISF, Assam Rifles, SSB and NSG trained here will teach 300,000 in 6 months and the entire 750,000 troops within a year, " says R P Singh, IG (Admn) CRPF and MemberSecretary, Warb.

 

Jawans perform yoga at the BSF camp in Delhi. (TOI Photo)