Editorial Peace returns to LoC areas but inhabitants are unsure

For around 1.5 lakh people of Uri and Boniyar Tehsils of Kashmir's Baramulla district, the period of around three weeks beginning the night of April 24 has been a nightmare.

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The Muslim inhabitants bore the maximum brunt of the cross-frontier shelling and firing by the Pakistani military as these areas are located along the Line of Control (LoC).

At least one woman was killed in Uri in the Pakistani action.

The Pakistani bombardment had ended the peace that these tehsils saw for more than 4 years after the February 2021 border ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan.

Peace has returned since yesterday, thanks to the ceasefire agreement reached between India and Pakistan two days back.

But this peace is uneasy as the inhabitants are not sure how long the cessation of fighting will last. Hence, there is a common and urgent demand for underground bunkers, which they had forgotten for years.

"This calm doesn't feel permanent. Hence, our first priority now is construct individual bunkers for our safety," says Ikhlaq Ahmed, a resident of Kamalakote village of Uri.