Over the last couple of years, Islamic terror-related issues have been escalating in southern and western parts of India. Terrorist outfits are not only targeting security forces and government establishments but aiming at vital economic and strategic assets.
There has been much ado over the neutral expert’s verdict on the Baglihar Hydel Project (BHP). For over sixteen years, the 450 Mega Watt (MW) BHP on the Chenab River in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir has been the bone of contention between India and Pakistan. After holding five meetings – in Paris, Geneva, London, Paris & Washington; visiting the project site, including its hydraulic model at Roorkee University and examining the written and oral submissions made by both parties, the final report of the neutral expert has given the BHP the ‘go ahead’.
On 11 July, India’s commercial hub, Mumbai (in Maharastra) and Jammu & Kashmir State witnessed a series of bomb and Grenade attacks perpetrated by suspected Islamic terrorists.