"Any Attack on the Border will be dealt firmly", says Pratibha Patil

President Pratibha Patil, during her four-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir declared that "any attack on the border will dealt firmly" in response to the Pakistani troops' repeated ceasefire violations in the state. On her arrival, she was received by Air Commodore Ramesh Goel, the air officer commanding of the Srinagar air base.

The president accompanied by governor S.K. Sinha, chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and army chief general Deepak Kapoor met the soldiers for around half an hour at the Tangdhar’s Shararat post at an altitude of 10,000 feet. Her visit raised the spirit of the soldiers. She went into their bunkers and looked at the conditions in which the soldiers live on LoC. She really honored the spirits of the soldiers serving the nation at the border away from their homes and thanked the troops for their bravery, dedication and morale.

The president also proclaimed that the country is recognizing the untiring services of army and the government is making efforts to provide better facilities to the soldiers and their family. Along with better facilities, the government is also working towards modernizing the armed forces by providing them state-of-the-art weaponry and good training.