MANIGAM, J&K: Jammu and Kashmirโs Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday said that more needs to be done to eradicate the menace of terrorism from the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
โMany areas in the UT have been cleared off terrorism and its eco-system stands fully damaged while efforts are on to root-out militancy from the entire region,โ LG said while addressing passing out parade here at police training college Manigam Ganderbal.
โNarco-terrorism, if not handled in time, will emerge as cancer,โ he added.
Sinha said that police along with other security forces through its human and technical intelligence have been able to clear off many areas in J&K from the menace of militancy and its ecosystem.
โBut more needs to be done to root out the terrorism completely from J&K. Narco-terrorism is fast emerging as the biggest challenge and if it is not dealt with in time, it can take the shape of cancer. For eradicating militancy, you need to destroy all its off-shoots and tools supporting it,โ he said.
He said that police in J&K were facing multiple challenges on many fronts. โIn other states, challenges for police are less compared to J&K. Here, police have to maintain law and order, deal with social crimes, criminals, also with militancy and subversive elements,โ the LG said and hailed the police force for facing all challenges bravely and in a professional manner.
He said that the police force is fast learning the art of countering technical and social media propaganda through the same means. โWe have countered the social media propaganda by using online means and the police force is working hard on that front,โ Sinha said.
He said that the administration has been providing full support to police over the years and no stone will be left unturned to make the police force more efficient in the times to come. He said that recruits who completed their course are not trained to do just normal policing, but to handle law and order, deal with militancy and are also trained to use computers to stay connected through CCTNS.
Speaking during the function Director General of Police, Dilbag Singh said that โnarco-terrorismโ was the biggest challenge for the police force as the neighbouring country wants to destroy the new generation on one hand and pump the money earned out of narco-sale to fuel terrorism.
โEven though police are facing it effectively by busting all modules involved in narco-trade but a lot more needs to be done on this front,โ the DGP Singh said, adding, โOur neighbour (Pakistan) is not happy with the peaceful atmosphere prevailing in J&K and wants to promote narco-terrorism by luring the youth towards drugs and use the money earned out of narco-sale to fuel militancy.โ
โPolice and other security agencies have succeeded in curbing this menace. A lot more needs to be done to stop the narco-terrorism in J&K as it remains a big challenge,โ Singh said.
โJ&K police are committed to ensuring a peaceful atmosphere in J&K but our neighbour continuously hatches conspiracies to disrupt peace.โ
โWe will continue to work to make peace a permanent feature in J&K,โ DGP Singh said, and paid rich tributes to 1601 police personnel including 514 Special Police Officers (SPOs) who laid lives in the line of duty during the past over 30 years.
About Har Ghar Tiranga, the DGP said that the move is aimed to show peopleโs commitment towards their country but โneighbouring country wants Har Ghar Matam.โ
โWe thank people for supporting our initiative of creating a peaceful atmosphere in J&K and defeating the forces working for disrupting the peace,โ he said.
