J&K breathes easy.

Though the news of ceasefire brought cheer among people, it was short-lived as reports of violations started pouring in soon after

- Mir Ehsan & Dar Ovais

SRINAGAR/POONCH: After four days of persistent artillery shelling, drone attacks and border skirmishes, the news of India and Pakistan agreeing to a ceasefire spread like wildfire in Jammu and Kashmir and brought with it a sigh of relief.

Minutes after US president Donald Trump and India's foreign secretary Vikram Misri announced the ceasefire, elated locals started to call their friends and families and coming out on the streets.

However, the relief came with apprehensions as reports of ceasefire violations continued even after the ceasefire kicked in.

Multiple explosions were heard in Srinagar and drones sighted in Srinagar and Jammu cities.

In Poonch, among the areas worst hit from Pakistan shelling, people finally breathed easy even as they expressed doubts over the truce. Poonch accounted for nearly 20 fatalities, mostly civilians, in the four days of shelling.

The locals, having endured four days of continuous shelling, said they were waiting to see if the calm would hold through the night, before feeling fully secure.

In total, more than 25 lives were lost across Jammu and Kashmir as Pakistan launched drone attacks and artillery shelling on border towns over four days in the aftermath of the Operation Sindoor, India's precision missile strike at nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in retaliation to the April 22 Pahalgam attack. A total of 26 people, 25 tourists and a local.

The latest India-Pakistan conflict was the worst in more than 50 years even as it lasted just four days.