Eastern Army Commander Lt Gen Praveen Bakshi on three-day visit to Northeast

KOLKATA: To take stock of the security situation in the North-East, Eastern Army Commander Lt Gen Praveen Bakshi is on a three-day visit to Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh.

The GOC-in-C Headquarters, Eastern Command, arrived in Guwahati yesterday where he was received at Borjhar Air Force Station by Lt Gen Sarath Chand, GOC 4 Corps, a Defence statement said today.

The Army Commander thereafter travelled to Raj Bhawan to meet Assam Governor P B Acharya and also met Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi at his residence.

The security situation in the state including the tasks undertaken by the Army were discussed in both the meetings, the statement said.

Bakshi then left for Shillong to meet the Air Force Commander at Eastern Air Command, it added.






Meanwhile, GOC-in-C Eastern Command, Lt Gen Praveen Bakshi arrived at the Gajraj Corps here in Assam today for discussion on wide ranging issues, specially on the training programme being carried out in the Kameng Sector of Arunachal Pradesh.

The GOC-in-C also inspected the infrastructure development in Arunachal Pradesh and the prevailing overall security situation in Assam, Defence officials said.

Lt Gen Bakshi was briefed by GOC Gajraj Corps Lt Gen Sarath Chand.

Expressing satisfaction at the results achieved by the Gajraj Corps, the General complimented the high level of camaraderie and synergy between the Army and civil administration in dealing with the existing security situation in Assam, the officials said.

He also said all operations must be carried with due regard to human rights, they said.

The Army Commander, accompanied by Lt Gen Sarath Chand,also visited forward areas under the Ball of Fire Division at Tenga in Arunachal Pradesh to interact with the soldiers deployed there and to take a first hand briefing from the commanders in the area, they added.