Union Residence Minister Amit Shah arrived right here on Thursday night on a two-day go to to assessment the safety state of affairs forward of the Amarnath Yatra which is ready to start within the first week of July and to satisfy folks affected by the latest cross-border shelling within the border district of Poonch.
That is Shah’s first go to to the Union Territory put up Operation Sindoor, officers mentioned.
After touchdown on the airport in a particular aircraft, Shah drove straight to the Raj Bhawan to chair a high-level assembly to assessment the safety state of affairs in Jammu and Kashmir.
On Friday, he’ll fly to Poonch, which suffered most injury in respect to human lives and property throughout the cross-border shelling by Pakistan.Poonch district recorded the best variety of 14 civilian deaths among the many whole 28 lives misplaced within the indiscriminate Pakistani shelling and drone assaults throughout the skirmishes between Could 7 and 10.
In Poonch, Shah will distribute appointment letters among the many subsequent of kin of civilians killed within the shelling, officers mentioned.
He’s additionally prone to tackle Border Safety Power (BSF) personnel.
In the meantime, safety has been beefed up in Poonch forward of Shah’s go to, with police establishing posts at numerous locations to verify autos. BSF Director Basic Daljit Singh Chawdhary visited shelling-hit areas in Poonch on Wednesday and reviewed the safety state of affairs.
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After conducting a three-day tour on April 6, Shah once more visited Kashmir on April 23, a day after the Pahalgam terrorist assault.
Delhi’s Forest Minister Manjinder Singh visited Poonch on Wednesday and met folks affected by Pakistani shelling.