Security arrangements have been intensified ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir’s Palli on Sunday.
The Prime Minister is scheduled to address panchayats across the country on ‘Panchayati Raj Diwas’ tomorrow.
Every year, April 24 is celebrated as the National Panchayati Raj Day.
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The Prime minister will address a gathering including more than 30,000 Panchayati Raj Institution (PRI) members of Jammu and Kashmir while PRIs from across the country will be connected virtually for the Prime Minister’s address.
On Friday police and paramilitary forces carried out speculative CASO at many places in Srinagar. Reports of speculative CASOs were also received from other parts of Kashmir.
Reports and eyewitnesses said that people in the city were being frisked on various checkpoints. The movement of people were being monitored at all entry and exit points of the summer capital. A surprise CASO was carried out in Lal Chowk and commuters were lined up for frisking.
Many mobile bunkers of police and paramilitary forces were seen in standby mode at several places in Srinagar. At the mobile bunkers stationed at TRC crossing, Lal Chowk, Jehangir Chowk, M A Road, Bemina, Parimpora, Bypass, the joint teams of police and CRPF were seen checking vehicles and seeking identity cards of the travellers.
“More area domination was carried out in Srinagar,” a senior police officer said, adding that vigil has been stepped up across Kashmir. During the day, scores of bikes were seized by police from parts of the city.
