Valley QAT (Quick Action Team) demonstrating road patrolling on the Amarnath trail near Sonmarg, Kashmir | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
CRPF Valley Quick Action Team (Valley QAT) inducted 18 women in 2021 | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Valley QAT training on snow | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Training underway for Valley QAT’s house intervention teams | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Valley QAT exiting a smoke screen before they cordon off a house as part of an exercise | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
For women personnel, their day begins with rigorous physical training | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Commandos patrolling Dal Lake in Srinagar | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
High-jump training at CRPF’s women quarters; CRPF has the same training routine for men & women | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Women personnel holding rifles during training | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Valley QAT patrolling on a boat | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Parul hugging Rekha who has just returned from a vacation | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Jawans assemble at barracks to welcome Rekha who returned from vacation with ‘shakkarpare’ for them | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
When in combat uniform, they are peers, but once back inside barracks, Renu calls Shoma ‘didi’ | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Barracks are where women personnel retreat to after operations, watch reels, click pictures & talk about life | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
The day ends by late evening with recreational activities | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Women personnel deployed at a checkpoint at Lal Chowk, Srinagar | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Valley QAT commandos patrolling a bridge in Kashmir | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
Women CRPF personnel sitting on hood of bullet-proof vehicle to pose for a photo | Photo: Manisha Mondal | ThePrint
