Jammu, Jun 21 (KNO): Top Army commanders on Saturday briefed Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on the prevailing security situation in Jammu and Kashmir and the arrangements put in place for the forthcoming Amarnath Yatra, slated to commence on July 3.
According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Chief of the Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command Lt Gen Pratik Sharma and other senior officers including commanding officers of all units attended the meeting at Udhampur-based northern command headquarters.
The officers briefed the Defence Minister on security in the border areas as well as the hinterland, especially anti-terrorist operations in forested areas. They also apprised him about the security arrangements made for the annual 38-day Amarnath Yatra.
Pertinently, the Army is part of the multi-tier security arrangements made for the smooth conduct of the yatra, especially for combing the forests surrounding the twin tracks — the traditional 48-kilometre Pahalgam route in Anantnag district and the 14-kilometre shorter but steeper Baltal route in Ganderbal district besides the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.
Singh had reached Udhampur headquarters of the Northern Command on a 2-day visit on Friday—(KNO)