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| India getting ready to end ceasefire violations by the Pak troops | | | Following reports that Pakistan Army may escalate ceasefire violations on the LoC and on the IB the Indian Army have stated that any misadventure from across the Line of Control (LoC) will be met with a befitting reply. "I want to articulate very clearly that whenever there is a misadventure by the adversary to cause any action which is wrong as perceived by us along the LoC, they will always be given a befitting response, a lesson which they shall always remember for the times to come," General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-in-C) northern command, Ranbir Singh, told reporters on the sidelines of a function in connection with Kargil war anniversary. He also said that the Army was carrying out a large number of "changes and modifications" to keep at bay the attempts by militants to carry out the improvised explosive device (IED) blasts against the forces.
"IEDs is a method by which militants carry out attacks on the security forces or on the government agencies, otherwise they have to come face to face in combat with the security forces. So when they want to carry out stand-off attacks, they like to put an IED and escape from there, so this is one of the methods," he said. But as far as our strategy is concerned whichever method the militants use, our operations are aimed at neutralising all types of militants. So our operations are continuing relentlessly based on the information we keep on receiving," he added.
At the same time, he said, Army was carrying out a large number of other "changes and modifications" which include bringing in certain new counter IED equipments and training troops. "We also have bomb disposal squads, we have dogs trained to be able to detect IEDs and large number of other measures," he said.
"All gaps along the LoC have been plugged and the Indian army is fully trained and equipped to take on any challenge, any contingency that may arise," he when. sked about the delays in construction of Zojila Pass tunnel, the Army officer said: "The inauguration of the tunnel was carried out by the Prime Minister last year. The work has commenced and there are some challenges out there. And wherever there are challenges we will be able to find solutions to that, but it is satisfying that even Zojila sometimes is closed, we have an alternate access coming from Lohtang, access which reaches Ladakh and from Leh we can carry out the movement to this side," he said.
"But the aim is that we should be able to have Zojila pass road functional as early as possible." Strict action by the India Army may also discourage Pakistan Army in having regular ceasefire violations. There is no other alternative but strong and befitting reply to the ceasefire violations by the Pak troops. But the Indian troops may carry out befitting reply in a measured tone lest it should end in war between the two countries. |
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