Located between the mountains in the Jammu and Kashmir illegally occupied (Iiojk), the teachers lead the children of the school in the town of Churanda in the morning prayers, asking that the sound of balancing nuts and lulled birds are not replaced by the roar of the artillery.
Although the children attended the class as usual, “the fear between the parents is high,” said Master Farooq Ahmad, after a deadly attack against tourists, that many on both sides of the control line that divides the concern of the region could lead to a conflict.
India and Pakistan have fought two wars on Kashmir, and innumerable clashes on the border over the decades. Then, residents have become accustomed to looking and waiting with fear when the tensions between the neighbors rise.
The attackers killed at least 26 tourists in the attack of last week against a place of mountain beauty. India has blamed Pakistan for his participation, what Islamabad denies. Pakistan said he has “credible intelligence” that India intends to launch military action soon.
From Churanda, Pakistani and Indian soldiers can be seen in their advanced positions. The elderly say that at least 18 people have been killed in the village to shoot between the two parties in recent decades.
“There are six bunkers in the village for the population of 1,500. Both sides threaten.
Supplies for two months
On the opposite side in Kashmir Azad, the residents of the Chakothi village prepared fortified shelters who dot the slopes near their homes.
“People have built bunkers in their homes. They go to the bunkers every time there are some shots,” said Faizan Anayat, 22, who was visiting the family on a trip back to Cashmira from the city of Rawalpindi, where he works as a air conditioning technician.
One of his neighbors, Mohammad Nazir, 73, took a break to prepare the bunker to go to the mosque for Friday’s prayers while his family’s children played the Cricket near his entrance.
“We are not afraid of anything,” said Nazir. “Each of our children is ready.”
In the capital of Kashmir, Muzaffrabad, the authorities say they have prepared an Emergency Fund for RS1 billion and have sent enough food, water and health supplies to the villages along the LOC to last two months.
The authorities had closed all religious seminars in the region for 10 days, authorities said Thursday, citing fears that they would be attacked by Indian strikes.
They have also transferred equipment to areas close to the LOC to repair any damage to the roads, and instructed the rescue and civil defense authorities to be on a maximum alert, said the office of the Azad Cashmira Prime Minister.
The chief of the Kashmir branch of the red crescent of Pakistan, Gulzar Fatima, said that as soon as the help group saw the tensions increase, they began to mobilize supplies and personnel, including first aid suppliers.
In case of Indian military action, they expect a large -scale migration of people from the control line, and were preparing for aid camps with tents, hygiene kits and kitchen equipment for at least 500 families, he said.
