Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha and chief minister Omar Abdullah on May 9 visited Uri and Jammu to meet the victims and assess the damage caused by Pakistan shelling.
Abdullah rushed to Jammu to meet the people injured in the shelling in the Poonch area. He drove from Srinagar early morning to visit the injured people who are being treated in a government hospital in Jammu city.
"Took assessment of the damage to the civilian area and residential houses caused by unprovoked shelling by Pakistan in the border villages of Lagama and Gingal in Uri. I've directed district admin to provide immediate relief to the affected families and ensure their safety and security," the LG posted on social media platform X.
The locals complained about the lack of transportation for them to shift to safer locations, addressing which the LG directed the administration to provide the same at the earliest, officials told Moneycontrol.
Fifteen people, including four children and a soldier, have been killed and more than 57 injured after Pakistan launched artillery and mortar shells along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.
Islamabad targeted these areas hours after India early on May 7 hit nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). On May 8, too, it launched a barrage of missiles and drones on border villages as well as bases in J&K, Punjab and Rajasthan but India managed to thwart the attacks. Follow our live blog for the latest on India-Pakistan conflict
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The visuals from Poonch show extensive damage to a temple, a gurdwara and a mosque. Several homes have also been damaged even as residents moved to safer places. Several houses have developed deep cracks and some have had their roofs ripped off.
Sinha visited Uri, a day after the town witnessed shelling by Pakistan. He met soldiers and took stock of the situation, including damaged houses.
Sinha will also chair key review meetings with the police and civil administration to ensure all necessary relief and protection measures are extended to affected civilians.
Deputy chief minister Surinder Chaudhary said he reached Rajouri on May 9 morning and reviewed the hospital arrangements. "This is not the first time Pakistan has attacked India...our people are brave...they (Pakistan) think that they can break the morale of people of India, especially J&K people, that is wrong,” Chaudhary said.
“People are standing with the Indian Armed Forces bravely...Pakistan will get a befitting reply...I appeal to people to keep up the brotherhood…," he added.
On May 7, India launched Operation Sindoor in the early hours , hitting nine terror bases in Pakistan two weeks after 26 people were killed in a terror strike in Kashmir’s Pahalgam on April 22. Two of the terrorists were Pakistani citizens.
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