Speed Up Construction of Bunkers
20/01/2019
The villagers living closer to the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch are scared of continuous shelling from across the border and alleged slow pace of work on construction of bunkers. The hapless villagers hailing from Shahpur, Qasba, Degwar and several other areas came to know about the decision of Modi Government to construct community/ individual family bunkers along the border in J&K State but till today, no such bunkers have been constructed in their villages. They said during Pak shelling they were confined to their houses and unable to move out for hours under the threat of being killed in firing. Their children are unable to go to schools for couple of days. Teachers also do not visit there under such situation. The bunkers will provide them some relief if constructed on war footing.
In January last year, the Centre had sanctioned the construction of 14,460 individual and community bunkers at a cost of Rs 415.73 crore for the people living along the LoC and International Border in Jammu division. According to official figures, 7,298 bunkers will be constructed along the LoC in the twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri, while 7,162 underground bunkers will be constructed along the International Border in Jammu, Kathua and Samba districts. A large number of people from Kasbalari, Salani, Mankote and Sagra villages attended the camp and apprised the DC of the difficulties faced by them due to frequent ceasefire violations by Pakistan.One villager said that he had learnt about the sanction of bunkers for the border/ LoC villages but till today not even a single bunker has been constructed at his village. He said the village children cannot visit schools during shelling. Any time, shelling is started from that side. The teachers also do not come there for couple of days under terror of Pak guns. He said there should be bunkers within schools, hospitals and houses/ clusters.
There are two Panchayats at Shahpur and its population is nearly 2000 and they are always under the threat of Pak guns. When sudden shelling starts, people are unable to run away and take shelter a safer places. Due to Pak shelling at least 7-8 villagers from his area suffered injuries.
Share This Story |
|
Comment On This Story |
|
|
|
|