Jammu, April 1 -- "Border villages are India's first line of defence, and the residents are the first face of India that any outsider sees. Border residents are not only first in courage, sacrifice, and patience but you also stand first in the priorities of our Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji," the Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha said this on Wednesday.

The Lieutenant Governor observed that the residents of border village are serving the nation every single day. That service must not be honoured only in words, but reflected clearly in the quality of life of every family, he said.

The Lieutenant Governor was speaking at a public event, organised under the Phase-II of Vibrant Villages Programme, at the vibrant border vil...