PM Modi has arrived in Katra to inaugurate new train.
The PM has reached Jammu. From here, he will fly in a chopper to reach Katra.
In a keenly-awaited visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Friday arrive in Jammu and then proceed to Katra to inaugurate the Katra-Udhampur train.
The PM visits the Kashmir Valley amid a shutdown called by separatists and warnings by Muslim groups not to create a separate enclave for Kashmiri Pandits.
Separatists have called a shutdown in the Kashmir Valley. Kashmiri separatist leaders, including Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, Muhammad Yasin Malik and Shabir Ahmad Shah, have all called for a the shutdown.
Sharp shooters, barricades, luggage checks and more – the security forces are taking no chances in Srinagar and other parts of the Valley.
PM Modi will also chair a high-level security review meeting at the Badami Bagh headquarters of the Army’s 15th corps here. The meeting will also be attended by GOC-n-C Army’s Northern Command Lt Gen DS Hooda, Director General of Police K Rajendra Kumar and other agencies.
He is also to inaugurate a 240 MW hydro-power in the border town of Uri in Baramulla district.
The 87-km highway from Srinagar to Uri is being secured by over 2,000 security personnel though the same would not be used by the Prime Minister to reach Uri town.
“Modi will fly to Uri but his entourage and other officials will be using the highway to reach Uri,” an official said here.