``We have reliable inputs that elements of Pakistan's strategic formations from the 1, Corps Headquarters in Mangla and some others areas have moved into the PoK area,'' said Army spokesperson Colonel Bikram Singh. ``We are poised to take care of any eventuality.''

The latest Pakistani troop movement is in addition to the plans for fresh intrusions across the LoC with the help of Special Service Group personnel, as well as moves to replace Pakistani soldiers of the 4 Northern Light Infantry regiment entrenched in the Batalik sub-sector.

Intelligence reports have also indicated that medical facilities in Skardu in PoK are being upgraded to accommodate increasing number ofcasualties among the intruders. The field hospital in Skardu has also been upgraded to a combined military hospital and an artificial limb centre has been added to it.

Meanwhile, Army Chief General V P Malik left on a visit to several bases in Northern Command this morning. Sources say he went to Srinagar first and then to Kargil, where he met troops fighting against the Pakistan Army intruders. Army HQ in Delhi refused to reveal further details about his visit, except that it is a ``routine trip'' and he is expected to return tonight. Even as the Army chief was visiting positions in Kargil, troops were busy firing artillery guns and mortars at the Pakistani Army intruders. In the Batalik sub-sector seven field fortifications (sangars) of the intruders were destroyed, leaving four Pakistani Army intruders dead and many more wounded. On the Indian side, two Army personnel were killed and one wounded in the operations.

In the Tiger Hill area, five intruders were killed and several others injured as combataircraft of the Air Force bombed a logistic camp. Sources say the Air Force has give the green signal to the infantry divisions to attack intruders still holed up atop Tiger Hill and adjoining heights.

``We have expanded the tempo of our operations in the past two days,'' said Air Force spokesperson D.N. Ganesh. ``Our efforts are to cause stress and uncertainty in the minds of the intruders. We are carrying out air strikes at random, and round the clock.''

In the Drass sub-sector, close to the LoC, troops managed to disperse an animal transport column, comprising 30 mules, which was bringing ammunition and rations for the intruders.

For the first time today the Army released figures of the casualties among the militants accompanying the Pakistan Army intruders in the Kargil Sector, Mushkoh Valley and Drass and Batalik sub-sectors. Colonel Bikram Singh said that 123 militants and mercenaries have been killed in Operation Vijay so far.