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Pak violates ceasefire in Gurez sector after 13 yrs Shells land near dam site 11/23/2016 10:43:28 PM S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report Kupwara, Nov 23: Once again tension has escalated in border areas of J&K, as Pakistani troops resorted to heavy mortar shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Keran, Karnah and Machil sectors of Kupwara district while several shells landed near the dam site of HCC in Gurez sector of Bandipora. Reliable sources from Gurez told Early Times that Pakistani troops fired heavy mortar shells in Gurez sector. Few shells landed near the dam site of Kishen Ganga Hydroelectric Power Project (KGHEPP). Sources said it was after 13 years that there was ceasefire violation by Pakistani army in the Gurez sector. The dam site of 330 Megawatt KGHEPP came under heavy shelling after Pakistani army fired several mortars. All employees of HCC were called back to take shelter at safer places, said sources. A top police official said Pakistan army violated ceasefire in Gurez sector today and in response Indian army had given befitting reply to the enemy. There was no loss of life or property till last reports came in, the official said. He said that after India carried surgical strikes in Pakistan, the Pakistani army and militants want to disrupt peace in J&K and it is their frustration that they are violating ceasefire along the LoC. Pertinently, three Indian soldiers were martyred in an encounter with militants near the LoC in Machil sector of Kupwara district in north Kashmir on November 22.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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