Jammu, Nov 22 (UNI) Northern Command Army Commander Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi on Tuesday expressed gratitude to the local population for their contribution in bringing peace and astounding success which the Army could not have achieved without their support.
The General was addressing the Platinum Jubilee of Poonch Link-Up Day, marking the Operation Easy conducted by Indian Army in 1948 to defend the border district from the invading Pakistani raiders was celebrated with traditional gaiety and fervor by people of Poonch and Indian Army in District Poonch, Jammu and Kashmir.
Remembering the supreme sacrifice of the soldiers and citizens of the region defending Poonch, Lt Gen Dwivedi flanked by Lt Gen Manjinder Singh, GOC White Knight Corps and other senior military and civil dignitaries laid the wreath and paid tributes at Namansthal War Memorial.