Indian government will deploy over 60,000 addi-tional paramilitary personnel across Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir for the upcoming Hindu pilgrimage Amarnath Yatra, scheduled to begin from next month.
Government-run All India Radio (AIR) reported that during the 62-day long pilgrimage starting on July 01, over 60,000 paramilitary personnel will be deployed from Lakhanpur, the gateway of occupied Jammu and Kashmir to the cave of Amarnath.
The report said that this deployment will be in addition to tens of thousands of the troops already deployed across the territory. Apart from that, the report said sniper and sharp shooters will also be deployed at many locations while the yatra convoy will be escorted with Indian forces’ personnel laced with technical gadgets. The report said the additional companies of paramilitary forces are expected to arrive in the territory by this week. The deployment will be made from June 20 along the Srinagar-Jammu highway and the twin Baltal and Pahalgam routes leading to the Amarnath cave, the report said.
It added that personnel from ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police), BSF (Border Security Force), SSB (Sashastra Seema Bal), and CISF (Central Industrial Security Force) are also expected to be deployed from June 20 to strengthen the so-called security structure during the two-month pilgrimage.—KMS
