Srinagar: Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi Saturday reviewed the counter-infiltration grid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir.
The Army’s Northern Command chief visited the forward areas of Machil sector in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
“In the relentless pursuit of operational excellence and to review the Counter Infiltration Grid, #LtGenUpendraDwivedi, #ArmyCdrNC accompanied by #ChinarCorps Cdr and GOC #VajrDivision visited forward Battalions in #Machhal Sector,” the Northern Command said in a post on ‘X’.
The Army said the commander interacted with the troops and personnel of the Rashtriya Rifles, Jammu and Kashmir Police, Border Security Force and the Border Roads Organisation.
Local news agency KNO reported that Lieutenant General Dwivedi also chaired a crucial joint security review meeting at Victor Force headquarters in Awantipore to fine-tune the strategy for fighting terrorism, strengthening the synergy and further building the public outreach in southern districts of Kashmir.
Quoting sources, the news agency reported that the Army commander was accompanied by GoC Kilo Force, Dagger Division and Vajra Division. Inspector General of Police Kashmir, V K Bhirdi, SSPs of Anantnag, Shopian, Pulwama, Awantipore and Kulgam also participated in the meeting besides the officials from CRPF and BSF.
Northern Command wrote on X that Lt Gen Upendera Dwivedi visited headquarters of Victor Force for a “comprehensive joint security review.”
“The army commander complimented officers from Victor force, Kilo Force, Dagger Division and Vajra Division, CRPF, police and other intelligence officers for seamless synergy in operations, joint combat readiness, counter-terrorism grid and soldier-citizen connect. He directed the participants of the meeting to remain steadfast towards maintaining peace and tranquillity in the region,” the Northern Command said on X.
Quoting officials KNO reported that strategy to fight terrorism in southern districts was fine-tuned and it was decided that human and technical intelligence will be further strengthened and “a collective approach will be adopted to eliminate the remaining active terrorists in southern parts of the Valley.”
“The army commander stressed on intensifying the anti-terrorist operations by generating more human and technical intelligence to ensure South Kashmir is made a terror-free region in the months ahead. He called for a professional approach while carrying out the anti-terrorist operations in the Southern districts,” the official said, adding that the commander “hailed the synergy among different security agencies and stressed on strengthening the same further for achieving the set targets.”
Sources also said that he directed the officers to ensure that terrorists active in Rajouri-Poonch aren’t able to reach south Kashmir through Mughal road and hence “keep a close watch on the upper reaches.”
