Jammu, Aug. 21 -- Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday said that border villages are not India's last villages, but its first villages - the frontline of the nation's identity and development.

As per an official press release, Sinha visited Karol Krishna, a border village in Kathua district today. The village, along with Rathua, Gujjar Chak, Gajnal, Bobiya, Kadiyala comes under the Vibrant Village Programme-Phase-2 (VVP-2).

The LG handed over benefits under several government schemes to local families and appointment letters to youth, the press release said.

It said addressing the residents from six strategic villages under VVP-2, the LG noted that for decades, the word "border" carried a sense of distance and these villages were f...