Fayaz Bukhari
SRINAGAR, July 15: Chief of Army Staff, General Bikram Singh today reviewed the overall security scenario in State including the situation along the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan arisen after recent infiltration attempts by militants.
The visit comes in the wake of deadly attack in recent years on an Army convoy in Hyderpora area of Srinagar last month in which eight Army personnel were killed and 14 others injured.
General Singh arrived on a two-day visit to the State early today to assess the security situation in the State including the anti-infiltration measures put in place along the LoC in the wake of increased attempts of infiltration by militants.
The Army chief was briefed about the security situation in Kashmir valley by General Officer Commanding of the 15 Corps, Lt General Gurmit Singh at the Badami Bagh Corps Headquarters in Srinagar.
The General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Northern Command, Lt General Sanjiv Chachra who is also here on the occasion briefed the Army chief about the situation in the State.
Gen Singh was given a detailed briefing about the security situation in Kashmir valley and operations that are being conducted by the Army against militants. He was briefed about, how Army is maintaining pressure on the militants in the hinterland and about the successes achieved by the Army.
General Singh was briefed about the anti-infiltration grid that has been strengthened after the reports of increased attempts of infiltration by militants along the LoC in North Kashmir and Poonch. He was told that the Army is keeping tight vigil along the LoC to foil infiltration attempts.
The Army commanders gave details of the recently foiled infiltration attempt in Keran sector of North Kashmir to General Singh. Five militants were killed by Army when these militants were trying to sneak in in Keran sector last month. The Army chief commended the role of soldiers deployed along the LoC in foiling the infiltration bid in Keran.
The recent developments along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh region were also discussed during the briefings here. The measures put in place to stop counter such developments were also discussed.
General Singh interacted with the GoCs of various counter-insurgency forces and Divisional Commanders of the Army at the Badami Bagh Cantonment, Srinagar who gave him over all situation of the counter-insurgency operations.
The Chief of Army Staff addressed the officers of the 15 Corps at BB Cantonment which was relayed to officers present at Jammu based 16 Corps and Leh based 14 Corps through video conferencing.
General Singh called on Governor N N Vohra at Raj Bhavan this evening. “During their more than an hour long meeting, the Governor and Chief of the Army Staff discussed issues concerning the obtaining internal and external security situation”, an official statement issued here said.
The Army chief briefed the Governor about various aspects of infiltration from across the LoC, and the overall security scenario in the State.
The Governor and Chief of the Army Staff also discussed issues relating to the security aspects of the ongoing Amarnathji Yatra. It may be mentioned here that Army has launched operation Shiva for the security of Yatra.
The Army chief is visiting forward areas along LoC tomorrow and will address troops there.
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