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The Director General (DG) of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) connected Tuesday (November 25, 2025) conferred the ‘DG’s disc’ connected 19 unit for exceptional operational show during Operation Sindoor successful safeguarding the captious Uri hydropower projects astir 10 km from the Line of Control (LoC) successful Jammu and Kashmir.
The citation said CISF troops “neutralised hostile drones targeting the installations, and secured armoury stockpiles by swiftly redistributing weapons to forestall imaginable destruction”.
Apart from astir 250 civilians, CISF unit ensured the information of the Uri-I and Uri-II hydroelectric projects successful May 2025.
Retaliating to the May 7 Operation Sindoor by the Indian equipped forces, the Pakistan Army launched aggravated and indiscriminate shelling connected Indian territory, endangering captious infrastructure, including the Uri hydropower projects, and threatening adjacent civilian populations, the CISF said.
“Positioned hardly 8-10 kilometres from the LoC, CISF units astatine the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) installations recovered themselves astatine the forefront of this abrupt escalation. As shells struck adjacent to residential complexes, CISF unit undertook door-to-door evacuation of civilians, including women, children, NHPC unit and their families, ensuring the harmless evacuation of astir 250 civilians, preventing immoderate nonaccomplishment of life. Even arsenic unrecorded rounds landed dangerously adjacent to the premises, the unit continued to reenforce bunkers, support connection lines done POLNET and outer systems, and supply exigency assistance,” the CISF said.
CISF unit inspecting the powerfulness works tract on the LoC successful Uri erstwhile it was targeted by the Pakistan Army aft Operation Sindoor. Photo: Special Arrangement
The unit “upheld the highest traditions of the Force, displaying uncommon courageousness nether fire, and unwavering committedness to nationalist security”, Praveer Ranjan, DG, CISF said.
The evacuation was led by Commandant Ravi Yadav, Deputy Commandant Manohar Singh, and Assistant Commandant Subhash Kumar. The different unit conferred with the DG’s disc are Inspector Deepak Kumar Jha; Sub-Inspectors Anil Kumar and Deepak Kumar; Assistant Sub-Inspectors Rajeev Kumar and Sukhdev Singh; Head Constables Gurjit Singh, Manoj Kumar Sharma, and Ram Lal; and Constables Sushil Vasant Kamble, Razique Ahmad Abdul Rafique, Ravindra Gulab Wankhede, Tridev Chakma, Sohan Lal, Mufeed Ahmad, Mahesh Kumar, and Sandenaboina Raju.
