Security tightened in Punjab; Himachal reviews security and communication systems

Security personnel keep vigil at the Attari-Wagah border after Indian armed forces carried out missile strikes on terror targets in Pakistan and PoK under ‘Operation Sindoor’, near Amritsar, on May 7, 2025.
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Security has been tightened in Punjab, especially in the border districts, even as Himachal Pradesh reviewed the State’s security, transport, and communication systems on Wednesday (May 7, 2025). This came after India launched attacks on terror infrastructure in Pakistan as part of ‘Operation Sindoor’.

While schools in most border districts of Punjab, including Amritsar, Pathankot, Fazilka, and Ferozepur, have been closed, the Kartarpur corridor in Gurdaspur district was also shut for the day.

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The Ministry of Home Affairs has shut down the Kartarpur Corridor. “Considering the extant security scenario, the services of Sri Kartarpur Sahib Corridor are suspended till further directions,” said the message on the ministry’s website related to the Kartarpur Corridor.

Many pilgrims reached the Kartarpur corridor on Wednesday morning to offer prayers at the gurdwara in Pakistan but were asked to return. The corridor connects the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara, in Pakistan’s Narowal district across the Ravi river, with the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in India’s Gurdaspur district.

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Stay alert

Punjab’s Defence Services Welfare Minister Mohan Bhagat said that the enemy nation, shaken by ‘Operation Sindoor,’ may be plotting retaliation. “Therefore, we must be fully prepared,” he said, adding all officials have been instructed to stay alert and take immediate action against suspicious activity.

Meanwhile, drills were conducted at several places in Punjab, Chandigarh, and Himachal Pradesh as part of a nationwide civil defence exercise.

In Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu chaired a high-level meeting in Shimla, following the success of ‘Operation Sindoor.’ He congratulated the security forces for the successful conduct of the operation.

The Chief Minister reviewed the state’s security, transport, and communication systems; food and power supply; disaster management; and health services. He also issued instructions to Deputy Commissioners and Superintendents of Police of all districts.