Significant risk to Uri hydro plant: How CISF thwarted Pakistan retaliation during Op Sindoor

NEW DELHI: Pakistan's retaliation enactment the Uri hydroelectric works adjacent the Line of Control (LoC) nether important hazard during a high-risk information concern that unfolded aft India launched Operation Sindoor. However, the CISF successfully foiled the attempted attack, protecting some the powerfulness task and the residents surviving nearby.On Tuesday, the CISF honoured 19 of its unit with the manager general's disc for their bonzer courageousness during this high-risk situation. The awards were presented astatine a ceremonial successful the CISF headquarters, wherever the enactment praised the squad for safeguarding a captious nationalist installation during aggravated cross-border shelling.The CISF provided counterterror information screen to the Uri Hydro Electric Power Projects (UHEP-I and II), located on the Jhelum stream successful Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, located 8-10 kms from the LoC.The unit person been honoured and recognise for their door-to-door evacuation of civilians successful the clip of precocious subject tensions. The troops evacuated women, children, NHPC (national hydroelectric powerfulness corporation) unit and their families -- amidst Pakistani shelling."Their punctual and fearless actions ensured the harmless evacuation of astir 250 civilians, preventing immoderate nonaccomplishment of life. Even arsenic rounds landed dangerously adjacent to the premises, the unit continued to reenforce bunkers, support connection lines done POLNET and outer systems, and supply exigency assistance," the connection said.

The troops besides neutralised "hostile" drones targeting Indian installations and secured armoury stockpiles by rapidly redistributing weapons to debar imaginable destruction, it added.Throughout the crisis, the "integrity" of captious nationalist assets remained protected owed to the vigilance and preparedness of the CISF personnel, the connection said.Commandant Ravi Yadav, on with lawman commandant Manohar Singh and adjunct commandant Subash Kumar, led teams astatine Uri-I and Uri-II successful initiating contiguous protective measures for the installations and adjacent townships.The unit recognised see constables, caput constables, inspectors and sub-inspectors from some Uri units. Among them are Constables Sushil Vasant Kamble, Raziqe Ahmad Abdul Rafique, Wankhede Ravindra Gulab, Tridev Chakma, Sohan Lal, Mufeed Ahmad, Mahesh Kumar and Sandenaboina Raju; Head Constables Gurjit Singh, Manoj Kumar Sharma and Ram Lal; Inspector Deepak Kumar Jha; Sub-inspectors Anil Kumar and Deepak Kumar; and Assistant Sub-Inspectors Rajeev Kumar and Sukhdev Singh.According to the CISF, "They carried retired real-time investigation of incoming ammunition trajectories, identified harmless zones and organised the relocation of residents to bunker shelters."India launched Operation Sindoor connected the intervening nighttime of May 6-7, nether which 9 large panic hideouts were blown to bits successful Pakistan and PoK. This counterterror enactment was taken arsenic a beardown retaliatory measurement aft a Pakistan-sponsored violent onslaught successful South Kashmir's Pahalgam.