CISF foiled attack on Uri hydro plant during Op Sindoor

Hours after India launched Operation Sindoor, Pakistan unsuccessfully targeted India's Uri hydroelectric plant near the line of control(LOC), but the attack was foiled and there was no damage, India's Central Industrial Security Force, responsible for protecting strategic installations, said in a statement on Tuesday.

- Prawesh Lama

CISF's statement came in the context of its Director General's disc being awarded to 19 personnel on duty at the Uri Hydro Electric Power Projects (UHEP-I and II) that night, who neutralised drones targeting the installation and evacuated civilians amid gunfire from Pakistan.