Over 40,000 villagers abandon homes near India-Pakistan border to escape heavy shelling by Pakistani

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The bustling settlement of Arnia and a chain of border hamlets along the India-Pakistan border now wear an empty look, with over 40,000 villagers abandoning their homes to escape heavy shelling by Pakistani forces.

Arnia town, with a population of 18,000, resembles a ghost town with only a few people left each in its adjoining hamlets to take care of animals and guard homes.

Villagers being evacuated by Jammu and Kashmir police personnel after heavy shelling by Pakistani forces on the border at Kanachak village, in Jammu on Saturday. PTIVillagers being evacuated by Jammu and Kashmir police personnel after heavy shelling by Pakistani forces on the border at Kanachak village in Jammu on Saturday. PTI
Farming, schooling, cattle rearing and everything else on which border dwellers survive have come to a halt due to the shelling episodes.
Read more at : HWNewsHindi.
 

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