{"id":4660,"date":"2023-10-30T06:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=4660"},"modified":"2023-10-30T06:05:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T06:05:00","slug":"jk-border-residents-take-to-cleaning-bunkers-in-wake-of-pakistan-shelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/jk-border-residents-take-to-cleaning-bunkers-in-wake-of-pakistan-shelling\/","title":{"rendered":"J&K border residents take to cleaning bunkers in wake of Pakistan shelling"},"content":{"rendered":"

JAMMU: Residents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>along\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>international\u00a0<\/span>border\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>started\u00a0<\/span><\/span>digging\u00a0<\/span><\/span>out\u00a0<\/span><\/span>subterranean\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bunkers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>built\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>years\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>place\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>take\u00a0<\/span><\/span>refuge,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>following\u00a0<\/span>days\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakistani\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>Rangers<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>breached\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>truce\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>attacking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>forward\u00a0<\/span><\/span>posts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>communities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>along\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>border.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>residents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>calling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>these\u00a0<\/span>buildings\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>built\u00a0<\/span><\/span>so\u00a0<\/span>they\u00a0<\/span><\/span>may\u00a0<\/span>escape\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cross-border\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shelling,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>big\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cleaning\u00a0<\/span>operation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>progress\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bunkers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>livable.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Sarpanch\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Treva\u00a0<\/span><\/span>village\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Arnia<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Balbir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kour,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cannot\u00a0<\/span>trust\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakistan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>started\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>drive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>clean\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bunkers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them\u00a0<\/span><\/span>usable.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>India\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Pakistan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>3,323\u00a0<\/span><\/span>km\u00a0<\/span><\/span>border,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hosting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>221\u00a0<\/span><\/span>km\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>IB\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>744\u00a0<\/span><\/span>km\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Line\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Control.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span>live\u00a0<\/span><\/span>near\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>LoC\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>IB\u00a0<\/span><\/span>experienced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>great\u00a0<\/span>sense\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>relief\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Pakistan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>declared\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>February\u00a0<\/span>25,\u00a0<\/span>2021,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>new\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ceasefire\u00a0<\/span><\/span>would\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>implemented\u00a0<\/span><\/span>along\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>borders\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Kashmir.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span>ceasefire\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>first\u00a0<\/span>signed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>nations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2003,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakistan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>routinely\u00a0<\/span><\/span>broke\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2020,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span>5,000\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recorded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>violations,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>most\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>single\u00a0<\/span>year.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Centre\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>approved\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>construction\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>14,460\u00a0<\/span><\/span>individual\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>communal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bunkers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>five\u00a0<\/span>districts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kathua,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Samba\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>December\u00a0<\/span>2017\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>protect\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>along\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>border\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakistani\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fire.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>These\u00a0<\/span>districts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>included\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>villages\u00a0<\/span><\/span>along\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>IB\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Poonch\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rajouri\u00a0<\/span><\/span>villages\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>LoC.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Later,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>authorised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>than\u00a0<\/span>4,000\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bunkers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>population\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>most\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>risk.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>A\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BSF\u00a0<\/span><\/span>jawan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>lady\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>hurt\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seven-hour-long\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakistan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rangers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>firing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Arnia\u00a0<\/span><\/span>area\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>R\u00a0<\/span><\/span>S\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pura\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sector\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thursday\u00a0<\/span>night.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>This\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>first\u00a0<\/span><\/span>significant\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ceasefire\u00a0<\/span><\/span>breach\u00a0<\/span><\/span>since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2021.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>BSF\u00a0<\/span><\/span>men\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>hurt\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>October\u00a0<\/span>17\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakistani\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gunfire\u00a0<\/span><\/span>targeted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>post.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>midst\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>intense\u00a0<\/span><\/span>gunfire\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mortar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shelling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Thursday\u00a0<\/span>night,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>many\u00a0<\/span><\/span>terrified\u00a0<\/span><\/span>individuals\u2014including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>migrant\u00a0<\/span>labourers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>harvesting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>paddy\u2014ran\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>safer\u00a0<\/span>locations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span><\/span>later\u00a0<\/span>returned\u00a0<\/span><\/span>home\u00a0<\/span><\/span>when\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>guns\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stopped\u00a0<\/span><\/span>firing.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>During\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>flag\u00a0<\/span><\/span>meetings\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>last\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ten\u00a0<\/span>days,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>BSF\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakistani\u00a0<\/span><\/span>counterparts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>already\u00a0<\/span>voiced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>strong\u00a0<\/span><\/span>objection,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>emphasising\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>necessity\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>maintaining\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>ceasefire\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>greater\u00a0<\/span>interest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>peace\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tranquilly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>along\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>border.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Kour\u00a0<\/span><\/span>urged\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>locals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>care\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bunkers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>like\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>homes,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>saying,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“After\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2018,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>our\u00a0<\/span>villages\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>pounded\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mortars,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>could\u00a0<\/span>not\u00a0<\/span>use\u00a0<\/span><\/span>most\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bunkers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>because\u00a0<\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>paid\u00a0<\/span><\/span>no\u00a0<\/span>attention\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cleaning.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>She\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claimed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>before\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>truce,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>populace\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>experienced\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>worst.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“I’m\u00a0<\/span><\/span>worried\u00a0<\/span>about\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>safety\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>residents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>this\u00a0<\/span><\/span>panchayat.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>currently\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>seven\u00a0<\/span><\/span>communal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fifteen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>individual\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bunkers,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>but\u00a0<\/span>more\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>required\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>protect\u00a0<\/span><\/span>every\u00a0<\/span>home\u00a0<\/span><\/span>within\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakistani\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shelling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>range.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Locals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>claim\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>most\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bunkers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>covered\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>wild\u00a0<\/span>vegetation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>floods,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>serves\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>haven\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>snakes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>deadly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>insects.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>They\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lack\u00a0<\/span><\/span>electricity\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>restrooms.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Almost\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>community\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bunkers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cleared,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ward\u00a0<\/span><\/span>number\u00a0<\/span>five\u00a0<\/span><\/span>resident\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Prerna\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Nirmala\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Devi\u00a0<\/span><\/span>had\u00a0<\/span>never\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fired\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakistan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>before,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>so\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>novelty\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>her.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“If\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>keep\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bunkers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>clean,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span>need\u00a0<\/span><\/span>not\u00a0<\/span><\/span>flee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>our\u00a0<\/span>villages\u00a0<\/span><\/span>amid\u00a0<\/span><\/span>shelling.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span>order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>evaluate\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>loss,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Divisional\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Commissioner\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ramesh\u00a0<\/span>Kumar\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>visited\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>border\u00a0<\/span><\/span>villages\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Saturday\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>group\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>senior\u00a0<\/span><\/span>civil\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>police\u00a0<\/span>officials,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Inspector\u00a0<\/span>General\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Police,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Zone,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Anand\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jain.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>addition\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Arnia,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>residents\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Samba,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kathua\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span>live\u00a0<\/span><\/span>near\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>border\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>begun\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cleaning\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>security\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bunkers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>communities.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>During\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>visit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>areas\u00a0<\/span><\/span>impacted\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Pakistan,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>President\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rattan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gupta\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Jammu\u00a0<\/span><\/span>province\u00a0<\/span><\/span>led\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>team\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>National\u00a0<\/span>Conference\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>criticised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>government\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“not\u00a0<\/span>doing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>enough”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>protect\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>border\u00a0<\/span><\/span>population.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Despite\u00a0<\/span><\/span>being\u00a0<\/span>built\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>great\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fanfare,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>bunkers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>now\u00a0<\/span><\/span>worthless\u00a0<\/span><\/span>because\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>inadequate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>upkeep,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>left\u00a0<\/span><\/span>most\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>them\u00a0<\/span><\/span>submerged\u00a0<\/span><\/span>under\u00a0<\/span><\/span>rainwater.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>government’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>inaction\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>resulted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>depletion\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>public\u00a0<\/span><\/span>coffers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>due\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bunkers’\u00a0<\/span><\/span>apparent\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lack\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>value,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gupta.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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JAMMU: Residents\u00a0along\u00a0the\u00a0international\u00a0border\u00a0have\u00a0started\u00a0digging\u00a0out\u00a0subterranean\u00a0bunkers\u00a0that\u00a0have\u00a0been\u00a0built\u00a0over\u00a0the\u00a0years\u00a0as\u00a0a\u00a0place\u00a0to\u00a0take\u00a0refuge,\u00a0following\u00a0days\u00a0after\u00a0Pakistani\u00a0Rangers\u00a0breached\u00a0the\u00a0truce\u00a0by\u00a0attacking\u00a0forward\u00a0posts\u00a0and\u00a0communities\u00a0along\u00a0the\u00a0border. The\u00a0residents\u00a0are\u00a0calling\u00a0for\u00a0more\u00a0of\u00a0these\u00a0buildings\u00a0to\u00a0be\u00a0built\u00a0so\u00a0they\u00a0may\u00a0escape\u00a0the\u00a0cross-border\u00a0shelling,\u00a0and\u00a0a\u00a0big\u00a0cleaning\u00a0operation\u00a0is\u00a0in\u00a0progress\u00a0to\u00a0make\u00a0the\u00a0bunkers\u00a0livable. Sarpanch\u00a0of\u00a0Treva\u00a0village\u00a0in\u00a0Arnia,\u00a0Balbir\u00a0Kour,\u00a0said,\u00a0“We\u00a0cannot\u00a0trust\u00a0Pakistan\u00a0and\u00a0have\u00a0started\u00a0a\u00a0drive\u00a0to\u00a0clean\u00a0the\u00a0bunkers\u00a0to\u00a0make\u00a0them\u00a0usable.”India\u00a0and\u00a0Pakistan\u00a0have\u00a0a\u00a03,323\u00a0km\u00a0border,\u00a0with\u00a0Jammu\u00a0and\u00a0Kashmir\u00a0hosting\u00a0221\u00a0km\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0IB\u00a0and\u00a0744\u00a0km\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0Line\u00a0of\u00a0Control. The\u00a0people\u00a0who\u00a0live\u00a0near\u00a0the\u00a0LoC\u00a0and\u00a0the\u00a0IB\u00a0experienced\u00a0a\u00a0great\u00a0sense\u00a0of\u00a0relief\u00a0when\u00a0India\u00a0and\u00a0Pakistan\u00a0declared\u00a0on\u00a0February\u00a025,\u00a02021,\u00a0that\u00a0a\u00a0new\u00a0ceasefire\u00a0would\u00a0be\u00a0implemented\u00a0along\u00a0their\u00a0borders\u00a0in\u00a0Jammu\u00a0and\u00a0Kashmir. A\u00a0ceasefire\u00a0deal\u00a0was\u00a0first\u00a0signed\u00a0by\u00a0the\u00a0two\u00a0nations\u00a0in\u00a02003,\u00a0but\u00a0Pakistan\u00a0routinely\u00a0broke\u00a0it;\u00a0in\u00a02020,\u00a0there\u00a0were\u00a0over\u00a05,000\u00a0recorded\u00a0violations,\u00a0the\u00a0most\u00a0in\u00a0a\u00a0single\u00a0year. The\u00a0Centre\u00a0has\u00a0approved\u00a0the\u00a0construction\u00a0of\u00a014,460\u00a0individual\u00a0and\u00a0communal\u00a0bunkers\u00a0in\u00a0five\u00a0districts\u00a0of\u00a0Jammu,\u00a0Kathua,\u00a0and\u00a0Samba\u00a0in\u00a0December\u00a02017\u00a0to\u00a0protect\u00a0the\u00a0people\u00a0along\u00a0the\u00a0border\u00a0from\u00a0Pakistani\u00a0fire.\u00a0These\u00a0districts\u00a0included\u00a0the\u00a0villages\u00a0along\u00a0the\u00a0IB\u00a0and\u00a0Poonch\u00a0and\u00a0Rajouri\u00a0villages\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0LoC. Later,\u00a0the\u00a0government\u00a0authorised\u00a0more\u00a0than\u00a04,000\u00a0more\u00a0bunkers\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0population\u00a0that\u00a0was\u00a0most\u00a0at\u00a0risk. A\u00a0BSF\u00a0jawan\u00a0and\u00a0a\u00a0lady\u00a0were\u00a0hurt\u00a0during\u00a0the\u00a0about\u00a0seven-hour-long\u00a0Pakistan\u00a0Rangers\u00a0firing\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0Arnia\u00a0area\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0R\u00a0S\u00a0Pura\u00a0sector\u00a0on\u00a0Thursday\u00a0night.\u00a0This\u00a0was\u00a0the\u00a0first\u00a0significant\u00a0ceasefire\u00a0breach\u00a0since\u00a02021. Two\u00a0BSF\u00a0men\u00a0were\u00a0hurt\u00a0on\u00a0October\u00a017\u00a0when\u00a0Pakistani\u00a0gunfire\u00a0targeted\u00a0their\u00a0post.In\u00a0the\u00a0midst\u00a0of\u00a0intense\u00a0gunfire\u00a0and\u00a0mortar\u00a0shelling\u00a0on\u00a0Thursday\u00a0night,\u00a0many\u00a0terrified\u00a0individuals\u2014including\u00a0migrant\u00a0labourers\u00a0harvesting\u00a0paddy\u2014ran\u00a0to\u00a0safer\u00a0locations\u00a0but\u00a0later\u00a0returned\u00a0home\u00a0when\u00a0the\u00a0guns\u00a0stopped\u00a0firing. During\u00a0two\u00a0flag\u00a0meetings\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0last\u00a0ten\u00a0days,\u00a0the\u00a0BSF\u00a0and\u00a0its\u00a0Pakistani\u00a0counterparts\u00a0have\u00a0already\u00a0voiced\u00a0a\u00a0strong\u00a0objection,\u00a0emphasising\u00a0the\u00a0necessity\u00a0of\u00a0maintaining\u00a0the\u00a0ceasefire\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0greater\u00a0interest\u00a0of\u00a0peace\u00a0and\u00a0tranquilly\u00a0along\u00a0the\u00a0border. Kour\u00a0urged\u00a0the\u00a0locals\u00a0to\u00a0care\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0bunkers\u00a0like\u00a0their\u00a0homes,\u00a0saying,\u00a0“After\u00a02018,\u00a0our\u00a0villages\u00a0were\u00a0pounded\u00a0with\u00a0mortars,\u00a0but\u00a0we\u00a0could\u00a0not\u00a0use\u00a0most\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0bunkers\u00a0because\u00a0we\u00a0paid\u00a0no\u00a0attention\u00a0to\u00a0their\u00a0cleaning.” She\u00a0claimed\u00a0that\u00a0before\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0truce,\u00a0the\u00a0populace\u00a0had\u00a0experienced\u00a0the\u00a0worst. “I’m\u00a0worried\u00a0about\u00a0the\u00a0safety\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0residents\u00a0of\u00a0this\u00a0panchayat. We\u00a0currently\u00a0have\u00a0seven\u00a0communal\u00a0and\u00a0fifteen\u00a0individual\u00a0bunkers,\u00a0but\u00a0more\u00a0are\u00a0required\u00a0to\u00a0protect\u00a0every\u00a0home\u00a0within\u00a0the\u00a0Pakistani\u00a0shelling\u00a0range.” Locals\u00a0claim\u00a0that\u00a0most\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0bunkers\u00a0are\u00a0covered\u00a0in\u00a0wild\u00a0vegetation\u00a0and\u00a0floods,\u00a0which\u00a0serves\u00a0as\u00a0a\u00a0haven\u00a0for\u00a0snakes\u00a0and\u00a0other\u00a0deadly\u00a0insects. They\u00a0also\u00a0lack\u00a0electricity\u00a0and\u00a0restrooms. “Almost\u00a0all\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0community\u00a0bunkers\u00a0have\u00a0been\u00a0cleared,”\u00a0ward\u00a0number\u00a0five\u00a0resident\u00a0Prerna\u00a0stated.Nirmala\u00a0Devi\u00a0had\u00a0never\u00a0been\u00a0fired\u00a0by\u00a0Pakistan\u00a0before,\u00a0so\u00a0this\u00a0was\u00a0a\u00a0novelty\u00a0for\u00a0her. “If\u00a0we\u00a0keep\u00a0the\u00a0bunkers\u00a0clean,\u00a0we\u00a0need\u00a0not\u00a0flee\u00a0our\u00a0villages\u00a0amid\u00a0shelling.” In\u00a0order\u00a0to\u00a0evaluate\u00a0the\u00a0loss,\u00a0Jammu\u00a0Divisional\u00a0Commissioner\u00a0Ramesh\u00a0Kumar\u00a0visited\u00a0the\u00a0border\u00a0villages\u00a0on\u00a0Saturday\u00a0with\u00a0a\u00a0group\u00a0of\u00a0senior\u00a0civil\u00a0and\u00a0police\u00a0officials,\u00a0including\u00a0Inspector\u00a0General\u00a0of\u00a0Police,\u00a0Jammu\u00a0Zone,\u00a0Anand\u00a0Jain. In\u00a0addition\u00a0to\u00a0Arnia,\u00a0residents\u00a0of\u00a0Jammu,\u00a0Samba,\u00a0and\u00a0Kathua\u00a0who\u00a0live\u00a0near\u00a0the\u00a0border\u00a0have\u00a0also\u00a0begun\u00a0cleaning\u00a0the\u00a0security\u00a0bunkers\u00a0in\u00a0their\u00a0communities. During\u00a0his\u00a0visit\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0areas\u00a0impacted\u00a0by\u00a0Pakistan,\u00a0President\u00a0Rattan\u00a0Lal\u00a0Gupta\u00a0of\u00a0Jammu\u00a0province\u00a0led\u00a0a\u00a0team\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0National\u00a0Conference\u00a0that\u00a0criticised\u00a0the\u00a0government\u00a0for\u00a0“not\u00a0doing\u00a0enough”\u00a0to\u00a0protect\u00a0the\u00a0border\u00a0population. “Despite\u00a0being\u00a0built\u00a0with\u00a0great\u00a0fanfare,\u00a0the\u00a0bunkers\u00a0are\u00a0now\u00a0worthless\u00a0because\u00a0of\u00a0inadequate\u00a0upkeep,\u00a0which\u00a0has\u00a0left\u00a0most\u00a0of\u00a0them\u00a0submerged\u00a0under\u00a0rainwater. The\u00a0government’s\u00a0inaction\u00a0has\u00a0resulted\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0depletion\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0public\u00a0coffers\u00a0due\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0bunkers’\u00a0apparent\u00a0lack\u00a0of\u00a0value,\u00a0according\u00a0to\u00a0Gupta.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,67,22,15,89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-header","category-international","category-jammu-and-kashmir","category-national"],"gutentor_comment":0,"yoast_head":"\nJ&K border residents take to cleaning bunkers in wake of Pakistan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" 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