Home minister Amit Shah chairs high-level meeting to discuss security situation in J&K
Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a high-level meet in Delhi on Sunday to assess the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir following recent terrorist strikes.
During the meeting, Shah was supposed to provide broad guidelines for intensifying counter-terror operations, according to PTI.
National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha, Army Chief General Manoj Pande, Army Chief-designate Lt. General Upendra Dwivedi, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, Director of Intelligence Bureau Tapan Deka, Director General of CRPF Anish Dayal Singh, Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police RR Swain, and other top security officials attended the high-level meeting.
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Reviews Amarnath pilgrimage preparations starting June 29
The Home Minister will also examine the preparations for the annual Amarnath pilgrimage, which begins on June 29.
Shah is expected to be briefed on the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, the deployment of forces along the International Border and Line of Control, infiltration attempts, the status of ongoing anti-terror operations, and the number of terrorists operating in the Union Territory, according to PTI.
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Recent terror attacks rocked Jammu & Kashmir
Terrorists attacked four locations in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi, Kathua, and Doda districts over the last week, killing nine pilgrims and a CRPF jawan while injuring seven security personnel and countless others.
Two suspected Pakistani terrorists were also killed in an encounter with security personnel in Kathua area, and a large amount of weapons and ammunition were seized from them.
The occurrences occur before of the annual pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Amarnath in the south Kashmir Himalayas, which is scheduled to begin on June 29 and last until August 19.
Amarnath pilgrims take two paths in Jammu and Kashmir: Baltal and Pahalgam. According to sources, more than 4.28 lakh people visited the cave shrine last year, and the amount could rise to five lakh this year, PTI said.
All pilgrims are anticipated to be handed RFID cards so that their real-time position can be tracked, and everyone would receive Rs 5 lakh insurance coverage. There will also be Rs 50,000 insurance protection for each animal transporting pilgrims.
