Sunday 19th Jul, 2026
Baramulla, Mar 10: (UNI) Pakistani troops on Sunday morning violated ceasefire and resorted to indiscriminate and unprovoked shelling from across the Line of Control (LoC) targeting forward posts and civilian areas in Uri sectors in this north Kashmir district, official sources said.
A house was damaged in the sheling at Kamalkote, where majority residents have already shifted to safer places in main town Uri.
Sources told UNI that after remaining silent for about a week, Pakistani troops fired indiscriminately targeting forward posts on the LoC and civilian areas in Uri sector early this morning.
They said Indian troops also retaliated and targeted Pak troops positions. However, the damage suffered by Pak troops was not immediately known.
Though the shell fell in the open forest area without causing any damage, they said adding the house of one Mohammad Sadiq Barwal at village Batar Jabda, Kamalkote was damaged. However, no one was injured as majority of the residents of most villages near the five km area have already shifted to main town Uri, where they are staying in a school or with their relatives.
The residents of border areas of Uri sector recently held a massive demonstration at Uri alleging that government has failed to construct underground bunkers as was the case in Jammu region.
Demanding construction of bunkers in which the residents could take shelter in case of shelling by Pak troops, the residents said adding the education of their children besides their daily life has badly hit by the shelling.