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Army Making Efforts to Sustain Peace, Support Civil Administration in J&K: Northern Army Commander
News 18Asserting that after three decades of violence people are experiencing peace and its fruits, Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Y K Joshi said the Army is making a two-fold effort to sustain peace and support civil administration in Jammu and Kashmir. The Army commander said that they have been successful to a great extent in weaning the youth away from violence and gun culture by promoting people friendly activities. Replying to another question whether the Army has been focusing on youth to break them out of the vicious cycle of violence, Lt Gen Joshi said, "We have redesigned our Sadbhavana initiatives to enlarge the scope for education, up-skilling of youth for the sectors where opportunities are emerging, identifying talented youth in varied fields and giving them opportunities." The Army is committed to sustain normalcy and peace which will allow the civil administration to operate in a "fear-free" environment in Jammu and Kashmir, Lt Gen Joshi said, maintaining that the security situation in the union territory has by and large been "peaceful".
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