They said, considering the sensitivity of the area due to its connection with the Srinagar-Jammu national highway and the Pathankote highway, security forces were searching every inch of the land.Sources said security forces also pressed drones and other surveillance gadgets for aerial surveillance during the operation. They have also increased patrolling and vigil on the Srinagar-Jammu and Kathua-Pathankote highways.Given the Amarnath yatra, security arrangements on the two key highways in J&K have been beefed up. Over 3.70 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance at the cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas since the start of the yatraon July 3.After many encounters and terrorist attacks in the Jammu region, including in Kathua in the last few years, security forces have increased deployment and vigil in the entire Jammu region, especially in the border districts and border areas, where there are chances of infiltration.
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