CRPF, Army and BSF convoys to move together in Jammu and Kashmir

This decision was taken in the wake of the February 14 attack on a CRPF convoy that left 40 soldiers dead.

Home minister Rajnath Singh, who visited Jammu and Kashmir after the attack, had said: "It has been decided that the civilian movement will be stopped for sometime when a large convoy of security forces passes through an area. Civilians will face a little difficulty for this move. We apologise for it."

Another change is that the movement of convoys between Jammu and Srinagar would be spread over two days with more stops in between instead of the current one day trip, the report said.

In the wake of the deadly attack, the CRPF has held several meetings with the army, BSF and Jammu and Kashmir Police to work on ways to minimise the threat of vehicle-borne IEDs while causing the least difficulty to the civilian population.

“Because there are three different forces with massive presence in the Valley, there is movement almost everyday, through the day. Stopping traffic for such disparate movements can bring the whole Valley to a halt and also make us vulnerable. So we have decided that the three forces will move together in a single window of time. This will reduce both vulnerability and traffic disruption,” The Indian Express quoted a senior officer who attended these meetings.