Archive · 22 Nov 2025
Army's 'Operation Drishti' Restores Vision to Hundreds in J&K
The Indian Army set up a special eye camp in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir.
They fixed the eyes of over 400 people who had trouble seeing.
Many of these people came from far away places.
The Army used special tools to do the surgeries.
The Defense Minister and the Army Commander worked together to make this happen.
Army doctors performed over 400 eye surgeries in a 4-day camp at Udhampur
Camp screened 2000 individuals, including serving personnel, dependents, Veer Naris, and locals
Patients traveled from remote areas like Poonch, Jammu, Rajouri, Ramban, and Udhampur
Specialized equipment facilitated sophisticated cataract, retina, and vitreous surgeries
Operation was conceptualized by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and executed by Northern Army Commander
- Who
- Army doctors, led by Brigadier Sanjay Kumar Mishra
- What
- Performed over 400 eye surgeries
- When
- Over a period of 4 days
- Where
- Command Hospital Northern Command Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir
- Why
- To provide medical care to people in remote areas
- Total screened
- 2000 individuals
- Surgeries performed
- Over 400
- Areas covered
- Poonch, Jammu, Rajouri, Ramban, Udhampur
- Specialized equipment used
- Cataract, retina, vitreous surgery tools
- Leaders involved
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Pratik Sharma