Major General Ashok Singh, General Officer Commanding, Kilo Force visited Bandipora to review the overall situation in the district amid the fight against Covid-19. Commander Watlab Sector, Mr Shahbaz Ahmed Mirza, Deputy Commissioner, Bandipora and Mr Rahul Malik, SSP Bandipora along with the Commanding Officers of the local units were present during the review.
The interaction included discussion on the prevailing security situation with special emphasis on status of COVID-19 spread in the District, the preparedness to contain it and future course of the joint civic military action plan for defeating the pandemic.
Mr Shahbaz Ahmed Mirza, Deputy Commissioner gave inputs on civil administration's ongoing efforts to fight the pandemic and appreciated the support rendered by the Indian Army in the same. Mr Rahul Malik, SSP Bandipora put forward his views on the present security situation in Bandipora and also highlighted actions being taken by the Bandipora Police to defeat COVID-19.
Major General Ashok Singh assured the civil administration of all possible assistance by the military to help fight the pandemic together. He reiterated that Army will leave no stone unturned to defeat this pandemic in collaboration with civil administration and will continue carrying out number of actions like ensuring enforcement of lockdown, spreading awareness amongst local populace, helping civil administration in contact tracing and helping the needy in their hour of distress.