As soon as the blackout was done at 8 pm on Friday night, Pakistan launched missiles and drones attacks on 7 districts of Punjab. These districts, bordering Pakistan, include Ferozepur, Fazilka, Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, and Pathankot. Army security shields on the Punjab-Pak border destroyed most of the drones in the air, but drone attacks in Ferozepur, Hoshiarpur, Bathinda, Pathankot and Gurdaspur are explosively exploded while three people were injured in Ferozepur. 3 people were seriously injured in a house fire after a drone collapsed in the village of Khai Seme of Ferozepur.
Local people say that about half an hour after the blackout at 8 pm, the ball was seen falling on top of the sky. At that time and sitting in the courtyard of his house. Suddenly a ball fell on the car parked nearby and the fire broke out, there was no chance to escape. At the time when the drone fell, the light of Lakhwinder Singh’s house was burning. Those injured in the drone attack have been identified as Lakhwinder Singh, his wife Lakhwinder Kaur and his son Monu.
Police have taken it into possession by the army after a search operation near the airbase after the last night attack in village Karoli in Pathankot. The sound of 3-4 blasts was heard here at 3 am. The local police administration has confirmed a strong blast 20 km from the Kartarpur Corridor in Gurdaspur.
According to Fazilka SSP Varinder Brar in Ferozepur, 4 drones had come from Pakistan. All 4 drones were destroyed by anti -drone system. The local area was evacuated at around 9 pm on Friday night at the early Devi Army Camp in Hoshiarpur. Pakistani rockets fell in the fields in village Tungwali in Beed Talab and Nathana block in Bathinda.
In a cabinet meeting at his residence late on Friday night, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has instructed 10 ministers to get relief in the emergency situation with the posting in the border districts. Mann has announced that 9 anti -drone systems will soon be installed in the border districts. In view of the situation, the Punjab government has ordered all the IAS, IPS, CMOs and health department personnel to be prepared to deal with the emergency 24 hours emergency.
In view of the situation, massive migrant workers from industrial cities like Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Amritsar are leaving for their original states. There is a huge crowd in the trains, but due to non -making additional arrangements by the Railways, people are facing a lot of trouble.
Ram Gopal Kushwaha of Ludhiana Shramik Sangh said in a conversation with Outlook, “There are about 8 lakh migrant workers in Ludhiana. In view of the situation, panicked people want to return to their homes safely but there is no complete arrangements to go”. Here, Punjab Roadways and Himachal Road Transport Corporation have stalled bus services for Pathankot, Amritsar, Jalandhar and Jammu, Katra and Udhampur in a situation of tension. Bus services from Chandigarh to Pathankot, Amritsar and Gurdaspur have been stopped.
