1 year of Pulwama Attack, Dip in Convoy Movement in J&K

Pulwama Attack site (File Image)
Pulwama Attack site (File Image)

After the car bomb attack on a CRPF convoy at Pulwama in Srinagar on February 14, 2019, the number of soldiers being moved in convoys along the Srinagar-Jammu national highway has dropped to almost a trickle. The attack that left 40 troopers dead had brought India and Pakistan on the brink of war, said an official aware of the matter.

An official on condition of anonymity said, "Material,rations etc. are moved through the same road and soldiers move with convoys toprotect the material." He said that a year ago convoys comprising 10-70 oddvehicles moved between Jammu and Srinagar ferrying soldiers daily and incontrast, only 7-8 convoys ferrying material and some soldiers are moved in amonth now.

The Pulwama attack prompted India on February 26, 2019, to carry out an airstrike on a terror camp in Pakistan, which retaliated a day later. Pakistan captured and later released an India pilot after air combat.

Abulk of the CRPF troopers, or about 70 to 80% of them, is moved on Air Indiaflights. Thrice a week Air India airlifts soldiers and officers between Jammuand Srinagar. "The thrice a week flights between Jammu and Srinagar continueand are largely used by soldiers and officers who belong to Himachal,Uttarakhand, and Punjab," a third official said. "More troops are moved byair…"

TheCRPF has ensured that the kin of all 40 soldiers killed in the attack have beencompensated. "All the families, except one, have received at least Rs 1.3 croreon an average. In addition, they have also given alternate employment," afourth senior official said. The benefits to one family had to be withheldbecause of a dispute over who the next of kin is.

TheCRPF has also launched a mobile phone application to keep in touch with all the2,199 soldiers killed in action recently.

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