Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit the International Border (IB) in the Hiranagar sector of Kathua district on Friday, launch welfare schemes for Border Security Force (BSF) personnel, and chair a high-level security review meeting as part of his three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir.
Shah arrived in Jammu late on Thursday night and was received at the airport by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. He later drove to the Raj Bhavan, where he stayed overnight.
During his visit to the IB, the Home Minister will inspect forward areas, including Border Outposts Gurnam and Bobiya, to review BSF preparedness to prevent infiltration. He will e-inaugurate and lay the e-foundation stone of six welfare schemes aimed at improving infrastructure and welfare measures for BSF personnel.
After returning from the border visit, Shah will chair a high-level meeting at Lok Bhavan to review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting will be attended by senior officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs, heads of paramilitary forces, intelligence agencies, Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo, Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat, and other senior officers from the civil administration and police.
Officials said the meeting will focus on the security situation in the Jammu region, particularly ongoing anti-terror operations in hilly areas where foreign terrorists are believed to be hiding. The review comes days after security forces killed three Jaish-e-Mohammed militants in separate encounters in Udhampur and Kishtwar districts.
The Home Minister will also meet families of security personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty and distribute compassionate appointment letters at Lok Bhavan.
On Saturday, Shah will chair a separate high-level meeting to review development initiatives in Jammu and Kashmir, which will be attended by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, and senior officials of the Union Territory administration. He is scheduled to return to New Delhi later in the day.
Security has been intensified across the Jammu region ahead of the Home Minister’s visit.
