OPERATION
SARVASHAKTI - DEFENCE & SECURITY
News:
'Operation Sarvashakti':
Army's mega anti-terror campaign in Jammu and Kashmir
What's
in the news?
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The Indian Army will be launching
Operation Sarvashakti, an anti-terror
campaign in Jammu and Kashmir's Pir Panjal Range, following a series of
recent terror attacks in the Poonch and Rajouri regions.
Key
takeaways:
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Operation Sarvashakti will be launched on
both sides of the Pir Panjal ranges, with security forces carrying out actions
against terrorists under close monitoring from the Army headquarters and
Northern Command, according to top sources in the security establishment.
Operation
Sarvashakti:
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The Army is launching Operation
Sarvashakti involving security forces from both sides of the Pir Panjal range
in Jammu and Kashmir.
Aim:
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To flush out terrorists who have been
involved in a series of ambushes on Indian troops carried out in areas of
Rajouri and Poonch.
Agencies
Involved:
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The Jammu
and Kashmir Police, CRPF, Special Operations Group and the intelligence
agencies would be working in close coordination with Operation.
Need
of the Operation:
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In recent times, Pakistan proxy terrorist
groups have tried to revive terrorism in the South of Pir Panjal ranges
especially in the Rajouri Poonch sector, where around 20 troops have been
killed in attacks by terrorists, with the latest being on December 21, when
four soldiers were killed in the Dera ki Gali area there.
Objectives:
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Sarvashakti will focus on locating the
terrorists’ hideouts in the dense jungles, mountains and the caves dotting the
area.
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It is suspected that those carrying out
the ambushes on security forces in the Rajouri-Poonch area in 2023 are hiding
in these areas.
Go
back to basics:
Operation
Sarp Vinash:
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Large-scale operation was on the lines of
Sarpvinash of 2003, which was
launched against terrorists south of Pir
Panjal range.
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Troops of the Srinagar-based 15 Corps and
the Nagrota-based 16 Corps will be operating in tandem, along with other
agencies and paramilitary forces, as part of the operation to wipe off
terrorists sponsored by Pakistan.