Operation Sindoor: 19 CISF personnel honoured; receive coveted 'DG's disk'

NEW DELHI: The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) connected Tuesday honoured 19 of its unit for having displayed “exemplary courageousness and composure” successful the look of dense shelling and firing from Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, to support captious nationalist assets on the Indo-Pakistan borderline arsenic good arsenic residents of the surrounding townships, from harm.CISF manager wide Praveer Ranjan conferred the coveted ‘DG’s Disc’ connected the 19 CISF unit successful designation of “their pivotal relation successful safeguarding the Uri hydro-electric powerfulness projects (UHEB I and II) successful Jammu & Kashmir during a captious signifier of cross-border hostilities successful May 2025”. The Uri hydropower installation, located hardly 8-10 kms from the enactment of power (LoC), is protected by CISF, putting its unit astatine the forefront of abrupt escalation of hostilities with the neighbour.Operation Sindoor was launched by the equipped forces during the intervening nighttime of May 6-7 this year, to demolish violent bases successful Pakistan successful the aftermath of sidesplitting of 26 civilians by terrorists successful Pahalgam. The Pakistan Army deed backmost with indiscriminate shelling connected Indian subject facilities and civilian settlements on the border, endangering captious infrastructure including the Uri hydro-power projects.“Despite dense force occurrence and terrible hazard to their ain lives, CISF teams led by Commandant Ravi Yadav and supported by lawman commandant Manohar Singh and adjunct commandant Subash Kumar, swiftly initiated protective measures to shield the installations and the surrounding townships.

They carried retired real-time investigation of incoming ammunition trajectories, identified harmless zones and organised the relocation of residents to bunker shelters,” CISF said successful a statement.CISF unit undertook door-to-door evacuation of astir 250 civilians — including women, children, NHPC unit and their families — successful the shelling-hit areas. Even arsenic rounds landed dangerously adjacent to the premises, the unit continued to reenforce bunkers, support connection lines done POLNET and outer systems, and provided exigency assistance.CISF troops besides neutralised hostile drones targeting the installations and secured armoury stockpiles by swiftly redistributing weapons to forestall imaginable destruction. “Throughout the crisis, the integrity of captious nationalist assets remained intact,” said a CISF spokesperson.CISF DG connected Tuesday said the unit force had “upheld the highest traditions of the force, displaying uncommon courageousness nether occurrence and unwavering committedness to nationalist security”.