‘Summer strategy, operational preparedness, infiltration, on agenda’
Jammu Tawi, Jan 21 : Lieutenant Governor of J&K Manoj Sinha today chaired a crucial Unified High Command meeting in Jammu to review the prevailing security scenario in the UT and to chalk out a summer strategy.
Reliable sources told that LG Sinha chaired a meeting of UHC at Jammu where in all officers of police, army, CRPF, BSF and Intelligence were present. The sources privy to the agenda of the meeting revealed that the a powerpoint presentation has been made for the LG on various aspects of security situation in Kashmir, status of infiltration on LoC, operational preparedness of forces besides data pertaining to anti-militancy operations, law and order scenario.
This is the first UHC meeting held under the chairmanship of LG Sinha ever since he assumed the charge of LG of the UT. The meeting started at 2:30 pm and is scheduled to end at 4 pm.
Attempts by the Pakistani side
An English news channel revealed that during the meeting, BSF officials put forth the challenges posed by the Pakistani rangers along with terrorists using drones and tunnels for weapon dropping and terror infiltration. In past six months, there have been seven attempts of weapon dropping and surveillance using drones by the Pakistani side and three tunnels have been unearthed so far by the alert troops of BSF which were either used or were about to be.
Jammu and Kashmir Police officials also shared the details of the operations carried out by the police in Jammu as well as in Kashmir in the past six months.
“During the meeting, the new plan of Pakistan to revive those “terror-prone” areas which were once active in Jammu region has also been discussed and the steps being taken by the security forces to foil such attempts of the enemy. In last 2-3 months various terror associates have been arrested who were once an active part of these terror outfits but were out of this terror game for so many years,” the official said.
Sources also told that inputs were also taken from all the security agencies regarding the restoration of high-speed internet in remaining 18 districts of Jammu which are yet to get 4G mobile internet services post abrogation of article 370 and 35A. The next review meeting for the restoration of high-speed mobile internet is scheduled to be held tomorrow.
