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After surgical strikes, Indian Army evacuates border villages

Local authorities announced to residents of border villages to leave their homes and move to safer places.

By :  naren pulloor
Update: 2016-10-02 05:12 GMT
Indian Army evacuated villagers in the Jammu and Kashmir's Samba region, with thousands of people being relocated to a safer place in the event of possible retaliatory attacks from across the border.
Border villagers board a bus provided by the government as families are evacuated from their homes to safer places after authorities ordered the evacuation of villages near the Pakistan border, at Chillyari village, about 70km from Jammu.
Indians living close to the border with Pakistan board a bus to move to safer places after authorities ordered the evacuation of villages near the highly militarized Line of Control dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan, at Narana village in Pallanwal, about 65 Kilometers from Jammu.
Villagers residing in the close vicinity of the India-Pakistan border evacuate their homes for a safer place, in Gigrial near Jammu.
Indians living close to the border with Pakistan register themselves at a temporary camp set up in a government school after authorities ordered the evacuation of villages near LOC , at Khour village, in Akhnoor .
Indians living close to the border with Pakistan carry their belongings to move to safer places after authorities ordered the evacuation of villages near the highly militarized Line of Control dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan, at Hamirpur village in Akhnoor, 62 kilometers from Jammu,.
In Punjab, the government has ordered the evacuation of the civil population from villages falling within 10 kilometers of the border of the state with Pakistan.
The BSF has restricted all civilian movement along borders with Pakistan and has also been asked by the Centre to provide manpower to the local administration for evacuation of people from border villages to safer locations.
Apart from the Kashmir Valley, border areas like, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat are on alert with the Border Security Force (BSF) deploying its units along the International Border as a preemptive measure.
The state government set up make shift tent camps and arranged food facilities for the dislocated.
Local authorities announced to residents of border villages to leave their homes and move to safer places.

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