Northern Comdr visits South Kashmir
Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Oct 25: A high-level joint security meeting of various security agencies was held in Srinagar today to review the possible fall-out of the ongoing Israel- Palestine conflict on Jammu and Kashmir and devise a strategy to counter it.
Srinagar based Defence spokesman said that numerous aspects related to the prevailing security situation in J&K were discussed during the review meeting. He said senior officials from the military, UT administration and various other security agencies attended the meeting.
“The situation in the Middle East was deliberated and various contingency scenarios dwelled on,” he said, adding that “the nuances of security in the region in relation to the onset of the winter season also came up for discussion.”
The meeting finalised a winter security strategy to deal with challenges ahead. It also finalised strategy to keep watch on internal security situation and step up the guard along the Line of Control and International Border in view of possible rise in infiltration attempts before the snowfall blocks infiltration routes.
The meeting was told that there are several camps near the LoC in Pakistan and militants are desperate to infiltrate ahead of winter.
The Defence spokesman said that the security review meeting held at the Army’s 15 Corps headquarters in Srinagar was chaired by LG’s Advisor RR Bhatnagar and co-chaired by Northern Army Commander Lt General Upendra Dwivedi.
He said that other top officials who participated in the meeting include Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai, Army 15 Corps commander, DGP Dilbag Singh, ADGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar, Special DG (CID) R R Swain and senior Army officers.
An official said that Advisor Bhatnagar stressed on the need of keeping the peace intact in J&K. He lauded the contribution of all security forces including police in maintaining the peaceful atmosphere by wiping out the militancy and its ecosystem and effectively dealing against the anti-peace elements. He emphasised on the officers to ensure that peace remains unharmed.
The official said that the Advisor told the meeting that there was a need to keep the peace intact while keeping a close watch on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine.
“We need to be cautious about the happenings in the Middle East and its possible fall-out on the J&K situation. Whatever be the case, we need to keep the peaceful atmosphere intact and our security agencies are fully capable to do so,” he told the meeting.
The Northern Army Commander while expressing his satisfaction over the prevailing peaceful atmosphere stated that “security grid will ensure that there is no negative fall-out of the middle-east crisis on J&K while keeping a close watch on the suspicious elements and trouble mongers.”
The official said that it was unanimously decided to keep a close watch on all happenings and to ensure the situation remains under control on the LoC and IB besides hinterland as well.
He said that the meeting also discussed the winter security strategy which included tackling the infiltration attempts along the LoC ahead of the winter.
The official said that it was decided that a close watch will be kept on the suspects and anti-peace elements to ensure that the peaceful situation is not disrupted.
They said that a consensus was evolved to curb the narco-terror and block the channels used to promote it.
Meanwhile, Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi today reviewed the operational preparedness and their preparation of winter strategy in south Kashmir, Army said.
Lt Gen Dwivedi , accompanied by Srinagar based Chinar Corps Commander Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai visited Rashtriya Rifles battalion in Pulwama and Anantnag where he interacted and felicitated the troops of Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police for their high standards of combat readiness.
The Army Commander in his interaction emphasised on continued synergy with all agencies for meaningful convergence of counter terrorist (CT) efforts in the hinterland.
“#LtGenUpendraDwivedi, #ArmyCdrNC accompanied by Chinar Corps Cdr visited #RashtriyaRifles battalion at #Pulwama and #Anantnag to review the operational preparedness and their preparation of Winter Strategy,” Northern Command, Indian Army in a post on X.
“The Army Commander interacted and felicitated the troops of IA and JKP for their high standards of combat readiness and emphasised on continued synergy with all agencies for meaningful convergence of CT efforts in the hinterland”.
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