TIA NEWS
Border states of Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat have been put on high alert after India conducted surgical strike on terror camps across LOC. Punjab Government has ordered evacuation of civil population from villages falling within 10 kilometers of the border of state with Pakistan. This has been ordered on instructions given by the Centre after the surgical strikes across the LoC last night.
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal put the entire government and political machinery in an emergency mode following the developments on the India-Pakistan border.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to Mr. Badal on phone in the morning to request him to immediately start the process of evacuation of people in view of the escalating situation.
In an emergency meeting, convened by the Chief Minister, Deputy commissioners (DCs) and Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) were asked to supervise the evacuation process in the border districts of Ferozepur, Fazilka, Amritsar, Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur and Pathankot.
The Chief Minister directed the DCs to identify suitable locations for setting up camps and ensure that none of the residents being evacuated were put to any inconvenience.
In Rajasthan, high alert has been sounded in border district areas in wake of surgical strikes conducted by Indian Army in Line of Control. Security has been tightened in the border areas.
The state Home Minister today convened a high level meeting in Jaipur in wake of the development. Chief Secretary and Director General of Police along with senior officials of home department attended the meeting.
Meanwhile, the tour of a delegation of Pakistani students and teachers from Lahore, which was proposed to come to Ajmer for a cultural exchange program from 3rd to 5th October, has been cancelled.
High alert has been sounded In Gujarat also. Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel has said that high alert has been sounded in entire state, especially in the border districts.
Gujarat shares land and sea boundary with Pakistan. Three districts of the state– Kutch, Banaskantha and Patan– share boundary with the neighbouring country.
Dy Chief minister Mr.Patel said that the BSF and Coast Guard are extremely vigilant on land border and the sea coast. The state Home Department has also asked the entire state police to be on alert so that anti-national elements don’t take benefit of the situation.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has congratulated the Indian army for the surgical strikes. In a tweet, Mr. Rupani said surgical strikes are a befitting response to proxy war instigated by the neighbouring country.