Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security to assess the security situation in Jammu. He is learnt to have directed officials to ramp up the deployment of armed forces in areas identified as vulnerable to terror activities. He also directed the intensification of counter-terror operations.Security forces, along with the J&K Police, have launched comprehensive operations to curb the surge in terror across the region. As part of their intensified effort, many persons suspected of helping or aiding terrorists have been arrested in the last few days.The length of the international border with Pakistan stretches close to 2,400 km from Gujarat to the north banks of Chenab in Akhnoor in Jammu. Then starts the 740 km Line of Control from parts of Jammu to Leh.
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