Jammu Tawi, Nov 08
Governor Satya Pal Malik will chair a high level security meet this week with Panchayat elections due to start in Jammu and Kashmir later in November high on the agenda.
According to a communication accessed by Greater Kashmir, the meeting scheduled for Friday in the winter capital Jammu will be attended by top security, intelligence and administrative officials who will brief the Governor.
The upcoming Panchayat elections, due to start from in two weeks will be high up on the agenda besides security along the International Border with Pakistan and the Line of Control.
The aftermath of the deaths of seven civilians in a blast at the site of a gun battle in Kulgam recently will also be discussed in the light of the existing Standard Operating Procedure for the government forces.
“Besides this overall prevailing security situation will be discussed during the meeting,” a senior police official said, adding the Governor will obtain sector-wise assessments and the arising challenges.
“Sustained real time coordination and synergy between the security forces and the civil administration will be another main focus of the meeting.”
The police official said Panchayat elections also posed a new challenge for security forces and the civil administration alike.
“Strategy of holding Panchayat elections in peaceful manner will also be discussed during the meeting,” he said adding that unlike local bodies' polls these village bodies' elections are quite different.
Security of Srinagar-Jammu highway, Mughal Road and Simthan road will also be discussed.
“There have been certain incidents at the highway in which soldiers were killed,” the police official said, adding effective measures to secure the highways would be suggested during the meeting.
The prevailing scenario at IB and LoC is also on the agenda.
“Challenges for the counter-infiltration grid during winter would also be discussed during the meeting,” he said.
The meeting is likely to be attended by GOC Northern Army Commander, Advisors to the Governor, Chief Secretary, Director General of Police, GOC 15 Corps, Principal Secretary to Governor, Principal Secretary Home, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, IGPs of Kashmir, Jammu and heads of intelligence agencies operating in state.
