Army chief General Bipin Rawat, along with top brass of the Northern Command headquarters, on Friday took stock of the operational preparedness of the troops deployed along the line of Control (loC) in frontier Rajouri district.
During the day-long stay, Army chief visited some of the forward posts and also boosted the morale of the soldiers. Gen Rawat also directed the troops to remain ever prepared to counter the nefarious designs of the adversary.
Army chief’s visit was significant as the Pakistan Army has been repeatedly targeting Indian troops and civilian areas in the region since second week of May 2017.
In the month of July, so far 11 people, including nine soldiers, have attained martyrdom in “unprovoked” incidents of ceasefire violations and sniper attacks on the Indian soldiers.
More than 1000 families from forward villages have been camping across different relief camps in the wake of prevailing security situation.
In response to the misadventures attempted by the Pakistan Army, the Indian Army has hit back strongly and inflicted heavy damages across the loC by razing Pakistan Army bunkers and notorious posts to the ground.
Defence spokesman of Northern Command Headquarters in a statement said, “Chief of Army Staff General Bipin Rawat accompanied by the Northern Army Commander lt Gen D Anbu on Friday visited White Knight Corps to review the operational preparedness and the prevailing security situation in the Corps Zone.”
The Sefence spokesman said, “The Army chief was briefed by lt Gen AK Sharma, GOC, about the preparedness of White Knight Corps in dealing with the emerging and dynamically changing security situation and the measures taken to thwart any misadventure by inimical forces”.
Gen Rawat also visited Rajouri wherein he was briefed on the operational readiness by the GOC Ace of Spades division. He visited forward posts along the loC where he was briefed in detail on the actions being undertaken to ensure a robust counter infiltration grid.
“Gen Bipin Rawat complimented the troops for their unflinching efforts and reiterated the need to remain ever prepared to counter the nefarious designs of the adversary,” the Defence spokesman said.