Chandigarh:The Western Army Commander Lt Gen Surinder Singh today visited border areas of Jammu, Samba and Kathua and emphasised on the need to ensure high degree of alertness.

During his visit, he took stock of the security apparatus in the sensitive areas and complimented all in successfully maintaining a high state of vigil, said a defence release.

The Army Commander reviewed the deployment in the entire region and appreciated efforts being made by all the security agencies to enhance the levels of preparedness.

Lt Gen Singh, who took over General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command on September 17, also stressed upon the need to coordinate the intelligence network of all agencies in the region so that prompt actions can be undertaken to defeat the nefarious designs of adversary.

Notably, 18 army men were killed in terror attack on army base in Uri in J&K.

Initiate multi-pronged strategy against Pak: J K BJP

Jammu:The Jammu and Kashmir BJP unit today demanded that the Centre should initiate a multi-pronged strategy against Pakistan in the wake of the terror attack on army camp in Uri in which 18 soldiers were killed.

“The government of India should initiate a multi-pronged strategy against Pakistan apart from giving a befitting army response at an appropriate time and place of choice,” state BJP spokesperson Virender Gupta said

Other options, including isolating Pakistan and getting enforced sanctions against the country by the international Community, isolating it among the SAARC nations, excluding it from the list of preferred nations and exposing the neighbouring country before the world community and getting it declared as terrorist state, should be adopted, he said.

Gupta said the Centre should snap diplomatic ties with Pakistan and expose it for alleged human rights violations in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (POK), Gilgit Baltistan and Balochistan.

It is a good signal that the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, France, US, UK, China, Afghanistan and Russia have condemned the terrorist attack and expressed their solidarity with India, he added.

PTI