COAS Gen Upendra Dwivedi says, '...Citizens are the first information providers to the soldiers... During Operation Sindoor there were more than 72,000 NCC warriors which were spearheading all the support system which was required during Operation Sindoor who volunteered for civil defence measures. Ukraine has shown the world that what happens when ordinary citizens take responsibility for their country's defense. Their role, intelligence gathering, logistics and resistance has proven that national security is not just the job of soldiers, it belongs to everyone..."
