PM Narendra Modi to visit J&K today
Jammu: Amid heightened tensions across the Line of Control, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Jammu on Friday on a day-long visit.
Security has been beefed up in and around Jammu and Kashmir’s winter capital, against the backdrop of several infiltration attempts from across the border. Major traffic restrictions have been imposed across Jammu city.
Modi will today attend the centenary celebrations of late Congress leader and former Jammu and Kashmir finance minister Girdhari Lal Dogra. Dogra was the father-in-law of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
An official said traffic diversions have been put in place on almost all the main roads in Jammu city and those linking other districts of the Jammu region with the winter capital. These restrictions would be lifted after the Prime Minister leaves for New Delhi in the afternoon.
All roads leading to Jammu University, where the main function is scheduled to be held, have been sealed right from Thursday.
A security drill was held yesterday from the technical area of Jammu airport to General Zorawar Singh auditorium in Jammu University.
The function venue has been taken over by the Special Protection Group looking after the security of the Prime Minister. The SPG has carried out sensitisation of General Zorawar Singh auditorium where the PM is scheduled to address a gathering.
The venue has been sealed and the entire University has been turned into a fortress.
No vehicle is being allowed inside the Jammu University campus and everybody entering the campus is being properly frisked.
An intelligence official said: “In order to prevent any infiltration from across the international border and the LoC special attention is being given to areas where the border fencing has been damaged by flash floods recently.”
A police officer said that to deal with any contingency multiple quick reaction teams (QRTs) have been deployed all along the route of the Prime Minister’s visit.
The Pakistani side has been continuously resorting to ceasefire violations as the Army foiled an infiltration attempt in Poonch while another bid was foiled by the BSF in RS Pura sector.
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Source:Zeenews
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