After understanding the end of enmity between India and Pakistan on 10 May, life is gradually returning to Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. Although caution and fear are maintained, locals have started reopening shops and resumeing daily routines.
Residents of Rajouri, who faced immense difficulties due to acute firing, are slowly coming back into everyday life.
Talking to ANI, a dull sin, a local hotel worker, said, “When the shelling started, we closed our shops and went home. Still, we close the shops by 4 or 5 pm and return early in the morning. Earlier, we opened around the afternoon, and the customers used to come regularly, but the footfall is still very low.”
He said that although there is some activity in the market, the feeling of fear continues. “Schools and Madras are still closed. The children have been sent back from Madras. The market is not yet normal,” he said.
Another resident, Khalilur Rahman, mentioned that there is some relief during the end of enmity between India and Pakistan, uncertainty is still gender. “Shops have opened, and essential items are being purchased, but people are still scared. Hopefully, if the atmosphere remains peaceful, the generality will be completely returned.”
He further said that when the situation has improved, financial stress is a major concern. “Middle class families who earn and eat daily are struggling. For such people, such instability is very difficult.” At the time of shelling, everything collapses. For those who earn during the day and eat at night, existence becomes very difficult, ”he said.
An 85 -year -old resident of the border area of Rajouri shared his emotional appeal for peace. “I live through the wars of 1947, 1965 and 1971, but I have never seen such terrible shells in my lifetime. We just want to live without any fear. People have started opening their shops again, but the fear still leaves in our hearts. The laborers have been left, the work has stopped, and the children are unable to go to school.
Meanwhile, there is work on a stagnation in construction areas. Ravid Ahmed, who worked for a company involved in road and bridge construction, told ANI, “When the shelling started, the workers left. Workers from outside, including Bihar, have not returned yet. Work on the canal bridge is still suspended.”
He said that although only a few shells landed in the area, fear left many people. “I too had gone home. I have come back, but the workers have not done. Until they come back, the work cannot resume.”
Operation Sindoor was India’s decisive military reaction to the Pahgam terror attack on 22 April. Launched on 7 May, Operation Sindoor led the death of more than 100 militants associated with terrorist organizations such as Jai-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Tabiba and Hizbul Mujahideen.
After the attack, Pakistan attempted drone attacks with the Line of Control and Jammu and Kashmir as well as the border areas, after which India launched a coordinated attack and damaged radar infrastructure, communication centers and air areas at 11 airbase in Pakistan.
Subsequently, on 10 May, an understanding of the end of enmity between India and Pakistan was announced. (AI)
