Less Than 40% Bunkers In J&K Ready Yet

Amid heightened tension between India and Pakistan along the Line of Control, the civil authorities in Jammu & Kashmir are racing against time to complete construction work of ‘individual’ and ‘community bunkers’ to ensure safety and security of affected border residents.

Out of a sanctioned number of 14,460 bunkers, the civil authorities have managed to construct 5538 bunkers, which is less than 40 per cent of the total number. Construction work of 14460 bunkers was approved at a cost of Rs 415.73 crore for border residents facing Pakistani shelling in Jammu division. A total of 13,029 individual bunkers and 1431 community bunkers were sanctioned to accommodate border residents during cross border firing.

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