India, March 10 -- Continuing its zero-tolerance policy toward elements undermining state security, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday terminated the services of three employees of the Jal Shakti department. The workers, based in Anantnag and Kishtwar districts, were disengaged following adverse reports from the home department alleging their involvement in subversive and anti-national activities.

The latest dismissals bring the total number of government employees sacked for alleged terror links and anti-national activities to nearly 88 since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. The administration has claimed to have aggressively used constitutional provisions to weed out the terror ecosystem embedded within the governanc...