J&K CM Omar Abdullah promises to build more bunkers for border residents

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah inspects assemblage bunkers during his sojourn to Tangdhar successful Kupwara connected May 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI

More Individual and assemblage bunkers volition beryllium built successful Jammu and Kashmir’s borderline areas that were affected by shelling during the caller subject confrontation betwixt India and Pakistan, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said connected Tuesday (May 13, 2025).

Also read: India-Pakistan ceasefire updates connected May 14, 2025

“It appears that civilian areas were deliberately targeted successful this instance, endangering much lives. Thankfully, the ceasefire is presently holding, and we are moving diligently to measure harm and widen assistance wherever needed. We volition draught a argumentation for much idiosyncratic underground bunkers successful borderline areas,” Mr. Abdullah, who toured shelling-affected areas of Baramulla, said.

He said determination was a request for idiosyncratic bunkers successful susceptible areas. “With enactment from the Union Government, we volition conception idiosyncratic bunkers successful each shelling-affected regions,” Mr. Abdullah said.

The Centre has already built 7,923 bunkers, including 6,964 idiosyncratic and 959 assemblage bunkers, successful the susceptible borderline districts of the Jammu division.

Touring Salamabad, which was the worst-affected, Mr. Abdullah pledged to draught semipermanent rehabilitation measures. “It is the work of my authorities to guarantee you person the indispensable enactment to rebuild your lives with dignity,” helium said.

Families displaced

Salamabad, Lagama, Bandi, Razarwani, and Gingal successful the Uri assemblage saw much than 100 families shifted to safer locations aft houses were damaged successful cross-border shelling.

In Gingal village, Mr. Abdullah inspected the NHPC’s Uri-I Hydro Electric Project, which was besides targeted successful the caller shelling. “The concern successful Uri mirrors that of Tangdhar, Rajouri, and Poonch,” helium said. 

Eighteen civilians mislaid their lives successful Pakistani shelling and firing during a four-day confrontation successful J&K.

“India was not the archetypal to initiate the war, but it each started aft a panic onslaught connected guiltless civilians successful Pahalgam, successful which 26 lives were lost. From the precise beginning, I person maintained that the guns volition autumn soundless connected our broadside lone erstwhile they autumn soundless connected the different broadside arsenic well,” Mr. Abdullah said.

Happy astir truce

He expressed restitution implicit calm returning to the LoC successful J&K. “I americium blessed that the DGMO (Director General of Military Operations) from the different broadside picked up the telephone and called here, which helped successful establishing a ceasefire,” Mr. Abdullah said.

Meanwhile, the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Northern Command, Lieutenant General Pratik Sharma, called connected Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to apprise him of the prevailing information script and caller developments on the Line of Control (LoC) and different borderline areas of Jammu and Kashmir.

“Our forces are doing a commendable occupation successful protecting the nation,” the Chief Minister stated.

Lieutenant General Sharma besides met J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and briefed him connected the information scenario.

Published - May 14, 2025 10:48 p.m. IST