Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand today directed the civil and police officers working in border areas to prepare a comprehensive contingency plan to deal with any eventuality arising out of cross border firing.
"The civil and police officers working in border areas should be stationed in their respective areas and prepare a comprehensive contingency plan to deal with any eventuality due to cross border firing," Chand said while reviewing the security scenario in border areas of Chamliyal, R S Pura and Suchetgarh in Jammu district today.
The Deputy Chief Minister along with Minister for PHE, Sham Lal Sharma, Minister for Planning, Ajay Sadhotra and Minister of Housing, Raman Bhalla visited at Nanga, Narayanpur, Bandrai, Pargwal and Garhkhal areas today.
Chand interacted with the residents of these areas who apprised him of their grievances in the wake of continuous shelling from across the border.
He was informed that women and children of some affected villages have been shifted to safer places.
About 25 families have been affected in Chamliyal while 15 villages in Ramgarh, Samba are reeling under tension due to ceasefire violation by Pakistan.
Earlier, the Ministers convened meetings at Chamlyal and Suchetgarh Kullian to take stock of condition of people living in these border areas.
Chand directed the Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Shantmanu, to chalk out a comprehensive contingency plan in accordance with the area specific needs to minimize loss of life and property in such mishaps.
He asked the district administration to demonstrate the villages in the radius of 5-6 km along the border and LoC to ensure relief operation is carried out in an effective manner.
The deputy Chief Minsiter also directed the health authorities to set up mobile health units besides providing mobile health unit for livestock as well.
Sadhotra stressed on contingency plan envisaging evacuation of women, children, elderly and patients on priority, and also identifying safe shelters in advance so that the affected could be accommodated there.
Speaking on the occasion, Sham Lal Sharma asked the administration to prepare a detailed report of the affected villages along IB and LoC so that the same could be projected at the right forum.
He also asked them to include the total areas along IB and LoC with focus on cross border firing prone areas in this report so that necessary measures could be prepared, to tackle any such incident, in advance.
