Antony visits forward posts in Kashmir
July 30th, 2012 - 12:08 am ICT by IANSSrinagar, July 29 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony visited a forward post in the Kupwara sector on the final day of his two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir and interacted with the soldiers deployed there.
Antony was accompanied by the army chief Gen Bikram Singh, Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma, Northern Army commander, Lt.Gen. K.T. Parnaik and other senior military and civil officials, said a defence spokesman.
“Antony was briefed about the infiltration pattern of militants in the sector and the measures being taken by the army to prevent such attempts. Antony spent some time with the troops and asked about their welfare,” the spokesman said in a statement.
“He asked them about the quality of rations, clothing and shoes they were getting and whether they were satisfied with it.”
The defence ministry has taken several measures in the last few years to improve the quality of supplies to the troops posted in remote locations.
The minister has since returned to New Delhi, according to the statement.
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