Amarnath Yatra: Modi government takes major action after Pahalgam terror attack, facial recognition will now be…

Jammu and Kashmir Police private mounted facial recognition programs (FRS) alongside the Pahalgam route of Amarnath Yatra to fend off in opposition to any apprehension attacks in opposition to the pilgrims, an first fee acknowledged right here on Monday. The gadget has a feature that alerts security forces in accurate time in case any blacklisted person comes into the frame of the surveillance cameras, the person acknowledged.

Photos of active terrorists and suspected overground workers had been fed into this gadget to make certain idiot proof security for the Amarnath Yatra.

“As soon as any of the blacklisted persons walks into the frame, a hooter will tear off on the surveillance centre manned by security forces so that steps to get rid of the possibility also can be initiated in accurate time,” the first fee, eager on the challenge, acknowledged.

The FRS identifies an particular person by analysing facial expression from digital photos or movies and looking out for a match in the database. Efforts are on to put in the same programs on the shorter Baltal route sooner than the annual pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine to south Kashmir Himalayas starts on July 3, the first fee acknowledged.

The annual pilgrimage will culminate on August 9 to coincide with Raksha Bandhan. The length of the yatra has been diminished to 38 days this year in opposition to 52 days final year. Undeterred by the April 22 Pahalgam apprehension assault, extra than three lakh pilgrims private already registered for this year’s yatra.

“The Amarnath Yatra has been a goal for the terrorists previously as successfully. It has turn out to be valuable to set idiot-proof security preparations for the pilgrimage as lakhs of pilgrims consult with the holy cave yearly,” the first fee acknowledged.

In the past, the authorities private taken different steps to secure the annual yatra including tagging all automobiles and pilgrims with radio frequency identification skills, which helps in monitoring their motion.

Your whole route from Jammu to the holy cave has been brought under CCTV surveillance. Pilgrims to this yatra had been topic of several terrorists attacks previously

Thirty-two of us, including two dozen Amarnath pilgrims, were killed in a apprehension assault on the Nunwan heinous camp in August 2000. Thirteen of us were killed in a single other strike in July 2001, when the ultras struck on the Sheshnag heinous camp of the yatra.

In 2002, 11 Amarnath yatris were killed at Chandanwari heinous camp. In July 2017, an assault on a bus stuffed with Amarnath pilgrims in Kulgam district left eight lifeless.