A training centre for Border Security Force (BSF) cadets near Nadapuram in Kozhikode district still lacks proper drinking water supply and a good road even three years after it started functioning.
The centre at Areekkarakkunnu in Chekkiad grama panchayat became operational in 2018 on a 50-acre plot donated by the State government. As many as 1,250 personnel under the 184 Battalion ‘Nadapurians’ and their family members are staying there. It was supposed to be the second largest training facility of the force in South India after Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu.
However, the personnel and their family members have still not been given basic amenities. In the summer of 2018, a majority of the personnel had to shift to the Coimbatore centre after their efforts to source water from a local waterbody failed. Though land was bought to construct a well, it did not yield desired results.
