India building more than 14,000 bunkers along LoC: British media
Indian govt had approved the construction of 14,460 bunkers in December 2017 at a cost of 45m.
NEW DELHI (Web Desk) - India is building more than 14,000 bunkers suitable for families living along its border with Pakistan in Indian-occupied Kashmir, as the nation prepares for war amid rising tensions between the nuclear-arch rivals, .
According to the British tabloid Express, tensions between the old arch enemies reached boiling point this week when India violated Pakistan’s airspace. Bunkers worth £45million are now being quickly constructed on the border with Pakistan in Indian-occupied Kashmir, hoping to keep them safe near their homes instead of evacuating them due to artillery firing.
Indian government had approved the construction of 14,460 bunkers in December 2017 at a cost of £45million for border residents along the LoC. While 7,298 bunkers were sanctioned for Rajouri and Poonch districts along the LoC, 7,162 were meant for the residents living along the IB, Samba and Kathua districts.
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Many of the civilian population have cleared out their old concrete bunkers, while others are having new ones built in the event of all-out nuclear war as tensions escalate in the wake of a suicide car bombing that killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary police in Indian-controlled Kashmir on February 14.
The new shelters, which were planned before this week’s spike in tensions, are supposed to prevent people from having to flee when the shelling begins.
The Indian air force jets, Tuesday intruded in Pakistani airspace following the February 14 strike in Pulwama in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed.
In reply to the IAF s incursion, Pakistani fighter jets on Wednesday destroyed two Indian fighter jets upon their incursion.
The wreckage of one aircraft fell in Central Kashmir’s Budgam while the other’s in Pakistan territory. Two of the pilots had been killed in the incident.
