Report of ruin in villages around LoC due to heavy shelling in a four -day fight
Nargis was dripping blood from Begum’s face. His 21 -year -old daughter Sanam Bashir put her hand on her pulse filled with her arms and felt relief, but not long. Soon 45 -year -old Nargis succumbed. He was prashed by Pakistani mortar shell, which was torn to Rajrwani in Uri tehsil of Jammu and Kashmir on the night of 8 May as he got out of his house. Villagers’ houses were targeted in artillery shells from across the Line of Control (LoC).
When the shelling started, the village of the village became empty on the night of 8 May. People were leaving their homes and going towards a safe place to save their lives. Nargis’s relative Altaf Hussain Khan says, “The shelling started at around 8.30 pm and a ball hit the back of the vehicle in which Nargis was going to Baramulla with his relatives.” Her husband Bashir Ahmed Khan has been in shock since then.
So far, Nargis and at least 22 others have died due to Pakistan’s shelling. Among them are a soldier of the Indian Army and an additional District Development Commissioner in the border city of Poonch. Missiles and drone attacks were also shifted to military bases there.
Uri’s house damaged in Salamabad
Two days later, on the evening of May 10, the conflict stop came as a relief for Sanam’s family, who live near the LoC or international border. Habibullah Khan of Mendhar city of Poonch says, “Loss of life and property due to heavy mortar shelling in our area. The morning shelling stopped, but we were afraid that the evening would start again. The corpustization has brought relief.” They hope it will be durable.
Sanam’s father Bashir was watching the coffin being ready for the funeral of his wife. His wife used to work as a cook in the adjacent school and used to run home with his earnings of a few thousand rupees. He took a loan for his daughter’s marriage. Shitre Sanam’s aunt Hafeeja Begum was also engaged, who was in her car. Hafiza Uri has one of the dozens of people in Uri. Several houses were damaged by the shelling from behind the hills near the LoC. It is common in North Kashmir to raise shells and people forced to escape to safe places due to increasing tension with LoC. Its impact was also felt in both the capitals of the Union Territory. On the night of 6-7 May in Srinagar, the fire broke out in a school building in a village sleeping in the outskirts of the city, while the people took pictures of an aircraft debris. The two nights started from May 8, the people of Jammu spent seeing missiles and drone attacks. Advocate Sheikh Shakeel, a resident of Ustad Mohalla in Jammu, says, “We saw some red objects flying in the sky completely in the blackout.” A resident of Gandhi Nagar says that many blasts were heard. People from all over the city are in panic. Some houses were damaged. People’s lives are at stake. ”The army said that military bases in Jammu, Pathankot and Udhampur were targeted with drones and missiles, which were thwarted.
Burned house scattered goods
Officials did not confirm Pakistan’s claim that five aircraft of the Indian Air Force had been killed. The Air Force spokesman said that he was not in a position to comment about the aircraft crashed in Srinagar. The houses of Pakistan on a hill in Salamabad area of Uri, 100 km from the accident site in Srinagar, have been damaged by the houses of Pakistan. About 18 hours after the shelling, the burnt remains of the houses are getting smoke and more than 100 houses are empty. The main market of Uri city remained closed. In one of the damaged houses, a man was trying to fix broken windows and doors.
Shells fell near residential areas and military bases near the Line of Control in Kupwara, Baramulla and Uri areas of Kashmir and Poonch in Jammu, Mendhar and Rajouri sectors. Everything in the areas near the LoC had come to a standstill from 7 May. In Salamabad, 15 -year -old Irfan Ahmed says, “I stayed awake overnight due to Pakistani shelling.” He along with his friend Taufiq Ahmed (14 years) went to see the damage done to the houses.
In the village Gingle, which was covered in a haze near the river flowing through the cracks of the mountains, a shock of a shop was shrieked, the window of a house broke and the road was also broken. 70 -year -old Shamshad Begum says, “Everyone has gone and I am alone with my daughter -in -law.” A part of the road leading to the neighboring village has broken into shelling and a house has collapsed. Maqbool says, “There was never so bad here. The shells were falling between the houses. Almost all have left homes. It was in the 1990s that we saw such shelling from across the border. ”
Sanam Bashir, daughter of Nargis Begum, killed in Rajarwani in border firing on 9 May
In Gingal, there were mostly elders who chose to live here. Army personnel were patrolling the gun on the road connecting the village with Uri. Uri has a barbed wire fence on either side of several miles long road. People were gathered everywhere. They were waiting for their relatives to arrive, so that they could go to Baramulla city or safe upper areas.
The 20 -year -old Seema was waiting for her relatives to arrive with her with a child wrapped in a shawl to accompany her to her Dhok (Food’s house) on the hill. Abdul Rahim Tantray says, “We think we can live more in the upper areas.” 22 -year -old Tariq Ahmed says, “We have splutter on our area.” Our life was shattered. ”
Complaints of not getting government help are common there. 50 -year -old Ghulam Mohammad Bhat’s two houses were burnt to ashes near the house in Salamabad. He says, “The police came here and asked us to leave our house and go to the safe place.” We do not know where to go. No officer came here. Now staying here is not safe. We have no support. There is no bunker here that can save people’s lives from shelling. ‘
The residential areas in Poonch were also targeted by mortar. Poonch officials said, “Relief camps have been set up for people in many places. There is a system of living, eating and treatment and all essential services. ”According to a government spokesperson, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah also reviewed the situation in the border districts after shelling and promised relief.
According to the spokesperson, “The Chief Minister has directed to issue an immediate contingent fund of Rs 5 crore to every border district and Rs 2 crore to other districts.” He also directed to carry ambulances to the border districts watching the border so that the injured can be transported to hospitals. “However, the leader of his party said Raja Manzoor said that the areas near the control of the control of the control of the control of the Line of control said that there is no environmental Is.
He said, “There are lack of private bunkers in the areas of Karnah, Karen, Machil and Naugam, Karnah, Karen, Machil and Naugam. The government should provide adequate bunkers. “They ask,” There is a shortage of staff in the hospitals of Kupwara, especially the sub -district hospital. Then how can we deal with this situation? ”
Security has been increased throughout Kashmir, police have banned the movement of people in areas near the Line of Control. A large number of security forces personnel have surrounded the road leading to the aircraft accident site in Wuyan. On the other hand, tension remains even after the ceasefire on the border.
