Security stepped up in Kashmir ahead of PM Modi’s visit to Jammu & Kashmir
Security stepped up in Kashmir ahead of PM Modi’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir
Security forces have been put on an alert in Kashmir ahead of the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Jammu on Tuesday. Police and paramilitary forces are conducting random checking of vehicles at dozens of places in the city and elsewhere, officials said here on Sunday.
Special checking points, ncluding entry and exit points have been set up at various places in the city as a precautionary measure, the officials said.
Although the prime minister will be visiting the Jammu region, the security forces in the valley have been put on an alert to ensure that terrorists do not carry out any subversive activities during the high-profile visit to the Union Territory, they said.
This will be Modi’s second visit to Jammu and Kashmir during his second term in office.
During his visit, the PM will inaugurate and lay foundation stones of ₹3,161 crore projects in Jammu and Kashmir.
Political pundits feel that with the Jammu rally, the Prime Minister is all set to kickoff BJP’s poll campaign for the Lok Sabha elections.
Officials informed that apart from distributing job letters to youth, the PM is likely to inaugurate a train between Jammu’s Banihal and Kashmir’s Baramulla, a distance of around 48.5 km.
Among the projects to be virtually inaugurated are AIIMS in Vijaypur town, highest railway bridge in Reasi district, Devika river rejuvenation project, Shahpur Kandi project and IIM Jammu. He will also lay the foundation for 124 new projects in Jammu and Kashmir.
These include nine industrial estates, 62 road projects and 42 bridges, and 2,816 flats for Kashmiri migrants.
(With inputs from Agencies)