Srinagar
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman held an hour-long discussion with Governor NN Vohra at Raj Bhawan here today. Accompanied by Chief of the Army Staff General Bipin Rawat, she was received by the Governor on her arrival at Raj Bhawan.

The Governor and Sitharaman discussed several important inter-related issues concerning the effective management of internal and external security, particularly in the context of increasing attempts at infiltration, ongoing anti-terrorist operations and terrorist attacks on security forces personnel in the Valley, an official spokesman said.

The Governor stressed the crucial need for urgent enlargement of the Border Roads Organisation and significant strengthening of its resources for ensuring the maintenance of vital road networks and strategic connectivities in the state, particularly in the Ladakh region.

The Governor sought Sitharaman’s personal intervention in returning certain pockets of land to the state government, which were no longer required for military purposes. He had earlier held meetings with the former Army Chief and Defence Minister, the spokesman said.