SURROUNDED BY PAK FROM THREE SIDES, BUT SPIRITS RUN HIGH AT TWO JAMMU VILLAGES
ABDULIAN(RSPURA):FLYING mortars and loud explosions don’t haunt over 1,300 residents of two villages that virtually sit on the mouth of Pakistani barrels and have bore maximum brunt of shelling from across the Indopak international border during skirmishes.
On Tuesday also, when Indian Air Force fighter jets struck a Jaish-e-mohammed (JEM) terror camp in Pakistan territory, it was life as usual for the people of Abdulian and Chanduchak, the last Indian villages on the border in RS Pura sector of Jammu district. The villagers, however, were ecstatic over the IAF strike, calling it a “real tribute” to Pulwama martyrs.“for how long will India remain soft to a rogue country like Pakistan? There is happiness among villagers for avenging the dastardly attack that martyred over 40 of our jawans,” said Bachan Lal, former sarpanch of Abdulian-chanduchak panchayat.the villagers were seen exchanging sweets, including milk cake, the indigenously prepared delicacy of this border belt.
However, Lal’s wife Neelam Devi, who is the sarpanch of the Abdulian-chanduchak panchayat, there was a sense of fear among villagers following India’s revenge.
“No one has moved out of the village. Women and children are attending to their routine work. But fear haunts us because we are surrounded from three sides by Pakistani posts, barely 500 meters to 1 km away,” she said.