<p class="title">Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday met border dwellers affected by Pakistani shelling in R S Pura belt of Jammu region and assured them that bullet-proof vehicles will be stationed there for their use during firing from across the border.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singh, who arrived in Jammu and Kashmir on a two-day visit yesterday, also told them that more bunkers would be built in the border areas to save lives during shelling by Pakistan, according to officials.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Forty-seven people, including 20 security personnel, have been killed and over 130 injured in the RS Pura sector in Pakistan shelling and firing this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During their interaction with the Union home minister, the border dwellers, living under fear, demanded that bunkers should be built in every house to prevent casualties.<br /><br />They said also called for strict implementation of the 2003 ceasefire agreement with Pakistan to bring an end to the shelling from across the border.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singh assured them that five bullet-proof vehicles will be stationed in the region for use by the people living close to the border.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Centre has already given a sanction for construction of over 14,400 bunkers at a cost of Rs 415.73 crore along the Line of Control and the international border in Jammu division.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Before flying for Jammu, he visited the border district of Kupwara and met several delegations, besides Gujjars. He also had a meeting with border migrants.<br /><br />"We are always serious about the prime minister's security. The Maoists are fighting a losing battle. They are now active only in 10 districts in the country," he told a press conference here after a two-day tour of Jammu and Kashmir.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to official data, there were 1,252 ceasefire violations by Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir between January to May 31 this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singh, who was in Srinagar yesterday to review the ongoing suspension of security-related operations during Ramzan, had said that the Centre was ready to hold a dialogue with all "right-minded" to usher in peace in the state. </p>
<p class="title">Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday met border dwellers affected by Pakistani shelling in R S Pura belt of Jammu region and assured them that bullet-proof vehicles will be stationed there for their use during firing from across the border.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singh, who arrived in Jammu and Kashmir on a two-day visit yesterday, also told them that more bunkers would be built in the border areas to save lives during shelling by Pakistan, according to officials.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Forty-seven people, including 20 security personnel, have been killed and over 130 injured in the RS Pura sector in Pakistan shelling and firing this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">During their interaction with the Union home minister, the border dwellers, living under fear, demanded that bunkers should be built in every house to prevent casualties.<br /><br />They said also called for strict implementation of the 2003 ceasefire agreement with Pakistan to bring an end to the shelling from across the border.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singh assured them that five bullet-proof vehicles will be stationed in the region for use by the people living close to the border.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Centre has already given a sanction for construction of over 14,400 bunkers at a cost of Rs 415.73 crore along the Line of Control and the international border in Jammu division.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Before flying for Jammu, he visited the border district of Kupwara and met several delegations, besides Gujjars. He also had a meeting with border migrants.<br /><br />"We are always serious about the prime minister's security. The Maoists are fighting a losing battle. They are now active only in 10 districts in the country," he told a press conference here after a two-day tour of Jammu and Kashmir.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to official data, there were 1,252 ceasefire violations by Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir between January to May 31 this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Singh, who was in Srinagar yesterday to review the ongoing suspension of security-related operations during Ramzan, had said that the Centre was ready to hold a dialogue with all "right-minded" to usher in peace in the state. </p>