- More than 5000 families have been affected because of firing from Pakistan as per the Jammu and Kashmir government.
- The information came when India’s Director-General of Military Operations (DGMO) lodged a protest with his Pakistani counterpart over the increased border ceasefire violations, after talks a flag meeting will be held to defuse the situation
- Border villages experience occasional village shelling over the past two weeks which has completely disrupted life in the border areas
- These villages have taken refuge in a government girls school in a place called Maulania and around 600 refugees have come seeking refuge
- The people fear the situation and further said that life is difficult but will strive for a better future for our children”
- Villagers have requested to give five ‘marlas’ of land away from the range of mortar shells and bullets
- The villagers have been demanding five ‘marlas’ of land away from the range of mortar shells and bullets, but so far no land has been given to them
- Read at: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/15000-have-fled-border-villages-jk-govt/article6354794.ece