Army turns flags 'blue' from 'red' for people-friendly look in J&K, pictures of achievers on Cantonment walls

on the military convoys have been changed to blue from red Walls on the cantonments are proposed to have the pictures of young achievers from Kashmir Indian Army troops travelling in convoys have been asked to behave more politely with people during stopovers New Delhi: 

Indian Army has changed the colour of flags on its military convoy vehicles to blue from red to make them more population friendly. Similarly, the walls on the Indian Army cantonments are proposed to have pictures of young achievers from Kashmir Speaking to ANI, Lieutenant Colonel Q Khan said, “The flags on the military convoys moving with troops from different locations in and out of the Kashmir valley have been changed to blue from red while the walls on the cantonments are proposed to have the pictures of young achievers from Kashmir.” Whistles to replace lathis The officer further told the news agency that the troops wielding lathis have also been asked to only use whistles in order to ask vehicles to stop. The messages and pictures on vehicles are of the scenic places of Kashmir,” he added.

Besides this, the Indian Army troops travelling in the convoys have also been asked to behave more politely with the people during stopovers.