Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, Aug 20: Senior NC leader and MLC Dr Shehnaz Ganai has urged upon the Government to consider the recommendations of the State Legislative Council which has passed a resolution for providing 5 Marlas of land to the families living near border/ Line of Control.
She said that the prime focus of the State Government should be to protect the human lives. “In district Poonch, we have nearly 145 kms long area which is falling along LoC and during recent times we have seen the rise in cross LoC firing/shelling from Pakistan side.”
Dr Ganai urged upon the Government to start the work on the construction of community/ individual bunkers along LoC. She said due to unrelenting shelling and firing by Pakistani Rangers along the LoC as well as the IB, the civilian population living close to the Line of Control gets subjected to great suffering, loss and dislocation.
She maintained that during cross LoC shelling, it becomes a serious matter for the administration to provide a safe shelter for the people residing near the LoC. Usually during shelling, it has been observed that the administration shifts the effected families and provides them shelter in Schools, and this effects the education sector in that area, said Dr Ganai.
The matter being of grave nature was brought to the notice of the Defence and Home Ministries and after due consideration, it was approved at the level of Home Ministry that bunkers would be built along the border/LoC which would provide protection to the civilian population when enemy fire and shelling takes place, Dr Ganai added.
She said that the State Government has already submitted a proposal to the Central Government for setting up of 20,125 community type bunkers in 448 identified villages falling along border/LoC, in five border districts of Jammu region including Jammu, Samba and Kathua along the International Border (IB) and Rajouri and Poonch districts along the Line of Control (LoC). The construction of bunkers is the long pending demand of lakhs of villagers putting up along the IB and LoC, she added.
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