Uri: Hours without India launched Operation Sindoor, Pakistan tried to target the Uri Hydroelectric Project located near the Line of Tenancy (LoC), but the wade failed. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Central Industrial Security Gravity (CISF) said that their deployed team foiled this unshortened struggle and there was no forfeiture of any kind.
During the attack, some residential quarters built near the hydroelectric project suffered minor damage, but the situation was brought under tenancy due to the prompt whoopee of CISF.
How was Uri project saved?
This statement of CISF has come in the context when 19 soldiers deployed at Uri Hydro Electric Power Project (UHEP-I and II) were honored by the Director General of the force. These were the same soldiers who foiled the drone attacks and took the local people to unscratched places tween the shelling.
These 19 personnel were awarded DG's Disc on Tuesday at CISF Headquarters in Delhi. On this occasion CISF shared the details of the incidents of the night of 6th May. CISF said that the Indian Army had launched Operation Sindoor on the night of 6-7 May versus terrorist hideouts in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. In response, the Pakistan Army opened heavy and indiscriminate shelling on Indian areas, which directly threatened the Uri hydroelectric projects and surrounding civil areas. These projects, located just a few kilometers from the LoC, were the first to come under Pakistani shelling.
Bravery of CISF soldiers
According to the statement, surrounded the bullets and shelling, the CISF team led by Commandant Ravi Yadav immediately initiated security measures. At the height of the crisis, troops shot lanugo drones that were targeting the projects, and immediately moved the weapons stockpile to a unscratched location to prevent any damage.
When the shelling reached very tropical to residential areas, CISF personnel risked their lives and evacuated people from door to door. These included women, children, NHPC employees and their families. All this happened when shells were bursting continuously outside.
“Uri was the first ”target”—officials claim
An officer posted in Uri said that the hydropower project is very tropical to the LOC; hence, it became the first target. "The government's intelligence network was strong, and troops were ready on the ground. Drones were shot down, large-scale evacuation was moreover carried out, and not a single life was lost," the officer said.
CISF says that due to the vigilance of its team and timely steps taken, the important resources of the country remained completely safe.
