Onlykashmir.in News Desk
Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat chaired a high-level security review meeting at the Police Control Room in Kashmir on Thursday, assessing the Union Territory’s preparedness ahead of Independence Day celebrations. The meeting brought together senior officers from J&K Police, Central Armed Police Forces and other security agencies to take stock of arrangements before the August 15 events.
The review covered deployment plans, intelligence inputs, surveillance coverage, route security, access control and traffic management across the region. With Independence Day traditionally drawing heightened security attention in Jammu and Kashmir, officials used the session to identify gaps and finalise coordination protocols between the multiple agencies responsible for the day’s arrangements.
The DGP directed field officers to step up night patrolling and naka checking, with particular emphasis on vulnerable locations and inter-district border areas. He also called for intelligence-based operations and area domination exercises to be intensified in the run-up to the celebrations, alongside stronger coordination between the various security formations operating in the Union Territory.
Security at major public venues, including Bakhshi Stadium in Srinagar, where official Independence Day functions are typically held, came in for particular scrutiny. Officers were instructed to ensure foolproof arrangements at the venue, along with smooth traffic movement, adequate parking capacity and minimal disruption for residents in the vicinity on the day of the event.
Nalin Prabhat underscored the importance of strict adherence to standard operating procedures, telling officers that continuous coordination among all security and law-enforcement agencies would be essential to ensuring the celebrations pass off peacefully. The directive reflects a recurring emphasis in J&K’s security architecture ahead of high-profile national events, where multi-agency synchronisation is treated as central to preventing lapses.
The meeting comes as part of a broader annual exercise in which the top police leadership personally reviews ground-level readiness rather than relying solely on written reports from district commands. With Independence Day just days away, the directives issued at Thursday’s meeting are expected to translate into visibly increased deployment and checking across Srinagar and other parts of the Union Territory in the coming days.
