Jammu, Dec 07 : Farming in fields along Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri and Poonch districts was never so easy for villagers. But with ceasefire on borders, villagers are heaving a sigh of relief with no fear of going to their fields.
Locals said over one and a half dozen villages and hamlets are located ahead of barbed wire fence in LoC in the twin districts while over 50 villages fall in in direct shelling range. They were affected during because of shelling.
For the last nearly two years, things have changed towards a constructive atmosphere in the areas of LoC as ceasefire agreement between armies of India and Pakistan stand.
Talking to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), farmers of LoC areas termed ceasefire agreement as a ‘golden period’ for their lives as not only their lives and property is safe from shelling but they are having ample opportunities to do agriculture works and are having a good yield from their fields which otherwise were lying barren since one decade.
Subash Chander Sharma, a farmer from Doongi Keri area of Rajouri who land is close to LoC said they were not able to do any agriculture work in the field due to threat of shelling.
Similarly, another farmer Yousif Ahmed from Niaka village of Rajouri said that situation has improved and they cultivated maize on their land along LoC.
“Our land was almost turning barren and there was no yield from it but now we are able to do work in field and have had a good yield of maize crop last season. Now we have sown wheat and soya and are hopeful of good crop this season as well,” said Ahmed.
A number of other LoC villagers especially from Namb Kadali, Sehar Makdi, Pukharni villages of Rajouri district and Balakote forward, Dhrati, Baruti villages of Poonch district too narrated the same story.
