Operation SHIVA 2025: Indian Army Launches Robust Security for Amarnath Yatra.
National
In July 2025, the Indian Army initiated “Operation SHIVA 2025”, a large-scale, multi-layered security operation to safeguard the 38-day Amarnath Yatra (July 3 – August 9, 2025) in Jammu & Kashmir, following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that resulted in 26 fatalities.
- Over 8,500 Indian Army personnel are stationed along the Nunwan–Pahalgam and Baltal routes. Additionally, approximately 42,000–50,000 personnel from Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) — including CRPF, BSF, SSB, ITBP, and CISF — as well as J&K Police are deployed.
- The operation integrates 50+ counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS), drone surveillance, jammers, high-resolution cameras, bomb detection squads, sniffer dogs, and anti-sabotage units to counter drone and IED threats.
- Enhancing infrastructure includes bridge-laying, track enhancement, emergency medical support (150+ doctors, nine aid posts, a 100-bed hospital, 26 oxygen booths, and 2 lakh litres of oxygen), tent cities, water points, quick reaction teams, and Army helicopters on standby.
Main Point :- (i) Coordination with CAPFs, Jammu & Kashmir Police, and the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board ensures a three-tier protective grid. Pilgrim safety measures include RFID tracking cards, body scanners, CCTV monitoring, convoy escorts, facial recognition, and x‑ray checks. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has urged maximum vigilance during the Yatra.
(ii) Operation SHIVA 2025 represents the most fortified Amarnath Yatra security deployment to date. It employs state-of-the-art surveillance technologies, intelligence-driven threat mitigation, extensive infrastructure readiness, and a tight-knit security collaboration among military, paramilitary, and civil authorities. The mission aims to ensure pilgrims undertake a secure, uninterrupted, and spiritually enriching journey amid heightened threats in the region.
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