OPERATION SARVASHAKTI

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Indian Army launching Operation Sarvashakti to flush out terrorists.

What is Operation Sarvashakti?

• The Army is launching Operation Sarvashakti involving security forces from both sides of the Pir Panjal range in Jammu and Kashmir to flush out terrorists who have been involved in a series of ambushes on Indian troops carried out in areas of Rajouri and Poonch.
• Troops of the Srinagar-based 15 Corps and the Nagrota-based 16 Corps will be operating in tandem, along with other agencies and paramilitary forces, as part of the operation to wipe off terrorists sponsored by Pakistan.
• The operation will be on the lines of Operation Sarpvinash of 2003, which was launched against terrorists south of the Pir Panjal range.
• Sarvashakti will focus on locating the terrorists’ hideouts in the dense jungles, mountains and the caves dotting the area. It is suspected that those carrying out the ambushes on security forces in the Rajouri-Poonch area in 2023 are hiding in these areas.