Amid heavy shelling along LoC, LG Sinha orders shifting of villagers to safer places

Amid heavy shelling by the Pakistani army along the Line of Control in Jammu, LG Manoj Sinha on Wednesday directed the deputy commissioners of the border districts to shift villagers from vulnerable areas to safer places.

Sinha posted on X saying that he took stock of the situation in border districts of Jammu and Kashmir with all the senior administrative, police and district officials, including deputy commissioners of all the border districts.

He said he has directed the DCs to shift the villagers from vulnerable areas to safer locations, “ensuring boarding, lodging, food, medicare and transportation. We will ensure safety of every citizen.”

He said he is closely monitoring the situation and the “govt is fully prepared to deal with any eventuality.”

Eight civilians were killed and about 50 injured as Pakistan resorted to heavy shelling, including the use of artillery fire, along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday.

In the heavy shelling, several houses were damaged at Uri and Tangdhar towns of north Kashmir.

Early on Wednesday morning, the Ministry of Defence announced that the Indian Armed Forces had launched ‘Operation Sindoor’, targeting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), from where terrorist attacks against India had been planned and directed.

“Altogether, nine sites have been targeted,” the ministry stated.