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Updated: Dec 16, 2019, 09:15 PM IST

Assam unrest Situation is improving fast says Lt Gen Anil Chauhan

While addressing the media in Kolkata on December 16, the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Command in Indian Army, Lt General Anil Chauhan said, “In past three days, columns have been deployed in Assam and Tripura, some columns were kept on standby in Meghalaya also. Initially, till about day before yesterday, there were about 24 columns that were requisitioned in upper Assam and about 12 columns in lower Assam.” “But physically on ground, the numbers were much lesser, that just indicates how fast the situation is improving and hopefully in a day or a two we should be back in barracks,” he added.

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While addressing the media in Kolkata on December 16, the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Command in Indian Army, Lt General Anil Chauhan said, “In past three days, columns have been deployed in Assam and Tripura, some columns were kept on standby in Meghalaya also. Initially, till about day before yesterday, there were about 24 columns that were requisitioned in upper Assam and about 12 columns in lower Assam.” “But physically on ground, the numbers were much lesser, that just indicates how fast the situation is improving and hopefully in a day or a two we should be back in barracks,” he added.

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