After sending a stern message to the establishment in Pakistan soon after assuming charge Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Thursday arrived here in Jammu & Kashmir on a three day visit to finetune a dynamic strategy to handle the proxy war and defeat enemy’s nefarious designs.
During his visit to the frontier State General Rawat is expected to visit various formations deployed along the line of control to boost the morale of the ‘foot soldiers’ of the Indian Army. He will also visit the world’s highest battlefield in Siachen as well along with visiting the snow clad frontiers in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district. General Rawat will be interacting with senior officers of all three corps headquarters located across three distinct regions of the State and take their feed back on the prevailing security situation. Soon after his arrival in Udhampur GoC-in-C Northern Command headquarters lt-Gen Devraj Anbu briefed him. He later visited Nagrota based 16 corps headquarters and took stock of the security situation before flying to forward areas of Rajouri. In the next two days Army Chief will also be visiting formations at Kupwara, Anantnag.
According to Defence spokesman, “General Rawat lauded the role of Northern Command in restoring peace and normalcy during the recent unrest”.
He also commended the soldiers for strongly reciprocating to the unprovoked ceasefire violations by Pak. “Every soldier of our Army plays an important role towards security of the nation because it is the contribution of every soldier that makes the Army efficient and strong,” General Rawat added.