"We have introduced drums in our evening flag-lowering ceremony like the way Pakistani side play 'dhols'. The ceremony now has become all the more interesting with the sound of drums," Deputy Inspector-General M F Farooqi, BSF Punjab Frontier, said.
The use of drums in the ceremony has been introduced recently by the BSF and the drummers have been hired from outside.
"We have been playing drums in our evening ceremony since the last 20-25 days. This has been done to counter the sound of dhols from Pakistani side," he said.
The routine evening beating retreat ceremony, which takes place along the Attari border, attracts huge crowds from the country and across the globe.
Farooqi also said that considering the huge turnout of people at the ceremony, efforts to increase the size of the gallery to accommodate more people would commence in the coming months.
He also said a board would be installed at the Amritsar railway station which will display the ceremony timings.
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