In a decisive show of strength against potential terror disruptions, security forces have thrown a comprehensive multi-tier security blanket across Jammu and Kashmir, with advanced technological surveillance operating day and night and continuous ground domination in the final stretch before Independence Day celebrations on August 15.
They are guarding celebration venues, government buildings, sensitive markets and soft-target locations where migrant workers and Kashmiri Pandits reside. Migrant workers and Kashmiri Pandits have been advised to remain mostly indoors until the festivities conclude, underscoring the seriousness with which agencies are treating the threat environment. Special focus remains on the main Independence Day function at Bakshi Stadium in Srinagar, where Chief Minister Omar Abdullah is scheduled to unfurl the national flag. The heightened posture follows recent terror incidents in south Kashmir, including attacks that claimed the life of a policeman and two migrant workers, alongside online threats targeting Kashmiri Pandit government employees.
For the last 72 hours and more, personnel from the Jammu and Kashmir Police, Central Armed Police Forces, Army and other agencies have maintained an unbroken presence on the ground.
Security measures are being continuously calibrated according to the ground situation.
