As the CRPF and J&K police tools as much as supply safety for the Amarnath Yatra starting on June 28, CRPF DG Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar talks to TOI’s Neeraj Chauhan about the arrangements, demanding situations for the forces and the threats posed by way of use of IEDs by way of terrorists. Excerpts:
How prepared are you for the Amarnath Yatra, which faced a fear assault remaining yr in which seven pilgrims were killed?
Our operations are laid out. We are prepared with the protection arrangements including road opening events, checkpoints, technical surveillance, counter-terror operations and many others. Depending on past reviews, technique has been changed.
Is there a plan to steer clear of incidents like July 10, 2017 assault on pilgrims' bus?
We are for the primary time introducing RFID (radio frequency identification) tags in automobiles utilized by the pilgrims so that automobiles' movement, timing in attaining destination may well be tracked. We may even take data/identity/contact details of drivers so that they can be contacted in case of a direction diversio. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and CCTVs might be used along the Yatra direction. We also are educating Yatris about do's and don'ts.
What are the largest demanding situations for safety forces?
The use of IEDs has once more surfaced in Jammu and Kashmir after several years and it's a being worried trend. I consider terrorists are being skilled around the border to organize IEDs made of different compositions and plant them in the crowd, safety camps or automobiles.
What are you doing to care for it?
It is hard to stop grenade attacks at all times as a result of terrorists throw it from a distance whilst shifting on a bike, or from the crowd. We have sensitised the troops to be further cautious about shifting in the crowd, or now not be driven in a corner right through an operation.
How prepared you might be when it comes to use of era, guns and many others for safety arrangements and counter-terror operations?
We have all the fashionable apparatus. Our teams are actually also getting apparatus available with special forces - like night vision devices, high-tech rifles, surveillance apparatus, bulletproof automobiles and full body armour.
How prepared are you for the Amarnath Yatra, which faced a fear assault remaining yr in which seven pilgrims were killed?
Our operations are laid out. We are prepared with the protection arrangements including road opening events, checkpoints, technical surveillance, counter-terror operations and many others. Depending on past reviews, technique has been changed.
Is there a plan to steer clear of incidents like July 10, 2017 assault on pilgrims' bus?
We are for the primary time introducing RFID (radio frequency identification) tags in automobiles utilized by the pilgrims so that automobiles' movement, timing in attaining destination may well be tracked. We may even take data/identity/contact details of drivers so that they can be contacted in case of a direction diversio. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and CCTVs might be used along the Yatra direction. We also are educating Yatris about do's and don'ts.
What are the largest demanding situations for safety forces?
The use of IEDs has once more surfaced in Jammu and Kashmir after several years and it's a being worried trend. I consider terrorists are being skilled around the border to organize IEDs made of different compositions and plant them in the crowd, safety camps or automobiles.
What are you doing to care for it?
It is hard to stop grenade attacks at all times as a result of terrorists throw it from a distance whilst shifting on a bike, or from the crowd. We have sensitised the troops to be further cautious about shifting in the crowd, or now not be driven in a corner right through an operation.
How prepared you might be when it comes to use of era, guns and many others for safety arrangements and counter-terror operations?
We have all the fashionable apparatus. Our teams are actually also getting apparatus available with special forces - like night vision devices, high-tech rifles, surveillance apparatus, bulletproof automobiles and full body armour.
Ultras in J&K using IEDs worrisome: CRPF DG Rajeev R Bhatnagar
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