{"id":29850,"date":"2018-05-25T01:44:12","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T20:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=29850"},"modified":"2018-05-25T01:44:12","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T20:14:12","slug":"goc-cm-discuss-army-activities-in-eastern-arunachal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2018\/05\/25\/goc-cm-discuss-army-activities-in-eastern-arunachal\/","title":{"rendered":"GOC, CM discuss army activities in eastern Arunachal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<strong>ITANAGAR, May 24:<\/strong> General-Officer-Commanding (GOC) of 2 Mountain Division, Major General Gajinder Singh called on Chief Minister Pema Khandu at his office here on Thursday, and the two discussed issues related to the army&#8217;s activities in the eastern parts of Arunachal Pradesh.<br \/>\nMaj Gen Singh, who heads the 2 Mountain Division of the Indian Army based at Dinjan in Tinsukia district of Assam, bordering Arunachal, sought the state government&#8217;s intervention in facilitating coordination between the state police, central paramilitary forces, and the army, particularly in counter-insurgency operations along the interstate boundaries.<br \/>\nIntelligence-sharing and logistic support from the state machinery is of utmost necessity for successful operations for tackling cross-border insurgency, he said.<br \/>\nThe GOC assured the army&#8217;s commitment to ensuring the welfare and safety of civilians during operations, and said the army is ever ready to lend its assistance through medical camps, pre-recruitment training, etc.<br \/>\nPema said the state government accords topmost priority to the safety and security of its citizens and is committed to cooperate with the army in all its endeavours.<br \/>\nHe lauded the 2 Mountain Division for conducting the first ever recruitment rally in Jairampur in Changlang district, and expressed hope that more would follow, especially in Tirap, Changlang, and Longding districts.<br \/>\nTo the requests of the GOC regarding camping facilities, firing ranges, and land acquisition, the CM said all these issues would be taken up with the officials concerned and resolved.<br \/>\nHe requested Maj Gen Singh to organise more extensive programmes for the local residents that would not only benefit them but also work as a confidence-building measure.<br \/>\n&#8220;We are proud of the Indian Army and always ready to be of any help,&#8221; the chief minister added. (CMO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, May 24: General-Officer-Commanding (GOC) of 2 Mountain Division, Major General Gajinder Singh called on Chief Minister Pema Khandu at his office here on Thursday, and the two discussed issues related to the army&#8217;s activities in the eastern parts of Arunachal Pradesh. Maj Gen Singh, who heads the 2 Mountain Division of the Indian Army [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29867,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-29850","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}