'Won't allow another Kargil,' says Army Chief General Dalbir Singh

Drass (J-K): Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag said the armed forces will not let another Kargil-like conflict to take place.

After paying tributes to the Kargil war martyrs at a memorial on Saturday, he said the "Army won't allow another Kargil".

Though the celebrations to mark the 16th anniversary of India's victory in the Kargil War, also called Vijay Diwas, began on July 20, the main functions will be held today and tomorrow.

Army will hold a memorial service at the Kargil War Memorial where prayers by religious leaders will be held. They will be followed by lighting of lamps.

The wreath laying ceremony for the martyrs will be held tomorrow which will be followed by an interaction with Veer Naris.

The Kargil war, which began in May 1999, lasted for more than two months before Pakistani soldiers, a bulk of them drawn from its Northern Light Infantry, and irregulars withdrew from the mountain tops they had occupied overlooking the Srinagar-Leh highway.

In the conflict, the Indian Army lost 490 officers, soldiers and jawans.