Get ready for the long haul in Kashmir, Centre tells forces
The Home Ministry has asked the security forces to prepare for a long haul in the Kashmir Valley and has begun stacking up snow-suits, sleeping bags and boots for over six lakh Central armed police personnel posted there.
The Valley has been going through a severe wave of violence for the past three months where more than 70 people have died and more than 6,000 injured after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in an encounter on July 8.
Though the government expects the situation in the Valley to come back to normal once the winter sets in, it has asked the security forces to prepare for the worst.
As reported earlier, the camps of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) are bursting at the seams as the government rushed in additional forces in the past three months to quell the protests. The strength of other forces like the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and the Border Security Force (BSF) were also augmented.
‘New shells ineffective’
The official also said that the Pelargonic Acid Vanillyl Amide (PAVA) shells, which was recommended by an expert committee constituted to look for alternatives to pellet guns, has been in use since July 17 but has failed to give the desired results.
“The PAVA shell is taking longer to be fired from the projectile. We have asked the Tekanpur factory of the BSF, which manufactures the shells, to improve it,” said the official.
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