JAMMU: General Officer Commanding Nagrota based 16 Corps, Lieutenant General H K Singh today said Army is prepared to take on any security challenge to help citizens of the nation, be it during natural calamity or any security threat.
Talking to mediapersons after having a visit to flood affected areas falling under the command of the 16 Corps, Lt Gen Singh said Army preparedness was excellent enough to take on any security challenge.
Replying to a query regarding the loss to fencing along Line of Control (LoC) after flash floods in Poonch Rajouri and Jammu districts amid threats of infiltration bids, the Army commander categorically said, “There is no major damage to fence and whatever is it is just a partial loss that is in mere small patches.”
“Barring a few patches of just 4-5 m at places,” he said and added that it is just 4-5 km of approximately some 300 km stretch between Poonch and Pallanwalla.
“Our men are all right in all the forward areas though there were some cases of flooding in forward posts forcing evacuation but we are keeping a vigil eye on our frontiers.”
To a question, he replied that two jawans have lost their lives during rescue operations and not in any flooding of any post.
He also said that some of our posts (at least 10) have suffered damages in fury of nature. While applauding the Army men who braved the odd situations and helped the civilians, he said, “I would like to emphasise that our men have always been ready to defend the security of our country during both war and peace.”
“Being Army men, this is our duty, he said and added that Army will continue to make efforts for welfare of people of nation. (AGENCIES)
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