Pakistan shall be punished for activities detrimental to India: Army-commander
The Army's Northern Command chief, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, said today Pakistan shall be "punished" if it carries out activities detrimental to India and asserted that befitting replies were given to the neighboring nation for violating ceasefire. The commander's comments come in the wake of fatalities in sniping incidents along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Jammu region in the last few days.
3 soldiers, a porter killed in sniping incidents last week
"There have been regular sniping incidents from an area along LoC and we've regularly (lodged) protests with our Pakistani counterparts," Singh said at a function held in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur to felicitate teachers of Army Goodwill schools. Three Army soldiers and a porter were killed and four others injured in sniping incidents along the LoC in Jammu's Rajouri and Poonch district last week.
Singh says security in state's remote areas stable but fragile
The lieutenant general also said that "as far as infiltration attempts from across the LoC are concerned, Pakistan has continued with its efforts to give impetus to infiltration". The Indian Army is deployed all along the LoC and "we've been able to thwart all attempts by Pakistan", he said, adding the security situation in the state's hinterland is stable, but remains fragile.
Northern Command runs 45 Goodwill schools under Project Sadbhavana
Goodwill schools were started in 1998 and currently, the Northern Command runs 45 such schools under Project Sadbhavana. 24 teachers received awards from Singh for their innovative skills in teaching. The project provides education to 15,000 students and employs 1,000 teaching and non-teaching staff.
