Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 26: Around 3,000 villagers, who have left their homes close to the International Border in the wake of firing and shelling by Pakistani forces, have been rehabilitated by the Army.
"We have provided most of the facilities like food, medicare, tents to over 3,000 people, mostly women, children and elders displaced from border hamlets due to Pakistani firing," an Army official said.
Eleven teams of Indian Army's Tiger Division in concert with civil administration provided medical, tentage, food, water and temporary sanitary facilities including toiletry items to over 3,000 displaced people in R S Pura, Arnia and Ramgarh sectors, a defence spokesman said. The civilians are living in over 11 camps put up by the civil administration in R S Pura-Dablehar, Devigarh, Salehar, Rehal, Ramgarh and Habtal, he said. |
