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| 11 security personnel killed, 25 civilians injured in 2013 | | | Avinash Azad
Jammu, Feb 21: With no let-up in cross border skirmishes, as many as 11 security personnel were killed while 24 men including 25 civilian were injured in 208 incidents of firing from across Lone of Control (LoC) in Jammu region last year. This was stated by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah while replying in question of Congress member Sham Lal Bhagat in Legislative Council. He said that 11 security personnel were killed and 25 civilians and 24 security force personnel were injured in 208 incidents of LoC firing in Jammu, Samba, Kathua, Rajouri and Poonch districts in 2013. "9 security personnel were killed and seven security men and six civilians were injured in 143 incidents along LoC in Poonch district, followed by killing of one security man and injuries to 14 security men and 18 civilians in 41 incidents in Jammu district", the reply read.
CM's reply further said that followed by killing of one security man and injury to another security man in 12 incidents in Samba district, followed by injuries to two security personnel and a civilian in 10 incidents of cross-border firing besides no casualties in two incidents of firing in Rajouri district. "Ex-gratia relief was paid as per norms notified by the state government", the reply said, adding that Government was providing financial assistance to the handicapped persons, including those residing in border areas, under different schemes. "There is no scheme exclusively meant for the payment of either compensation or rehabilitation of affected persons of border areas in general", CM said. He further said, "Rs 750 per month is being paid as a monthly pension to the persons rendered handicapped by cross-border shelling or firing, followed by Rs 400 per month to handicapped persons other than that." |
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