Uneasy calm prevails along LoC
Def min calls off scheduled visit to Jammu
Jammu, Mar 07: An uneasy calm prevailed along the Line of Control (LoC) in the twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir with no more skirmishes between Indian and Pakistani troops taking place over the past 20 hours, officials said on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman called off her scheduled visit to Jammu province on Thursday to review the situation along the borders in the wake of intense shelling over the past nine days besides inaugurating two vital bridges in Samba and Akhnoor sectors, they said.
A defence spokesman said there was no report of “ceasefire violation by Pakistan” anywhere along the LoC in Jammu province, especially in the worst-hit Rajouri and Poonch districts since Wednesday afternoon.
The cross-border skirmishes between the two sides had caused panic among the border residents.
“The army remains on high alert all along the LoC and the International Border and is keeping a close watch on the situation,” the spokesman said.
Four civilians, including three members of a family, were killed and several others injured as “Pakistan targeted over 80 villages in over 100 incidents of ceasefire violations” along the LoC in the state last week.
The spokesman said the visit of the defence minister to Samba and Akhnoor sectors for inauguration of Bein bridge and Dhok bridge has been called off.
“Fresh schedule will be intimated later,” he said without giving reasons for the postponement of the visit. (With PTI inputs)
