Sources suggest that 50 companies of additional paramilitary forces are being inducted into the Valley to shore up the security apparatus, especially in Srinagar, in the wake of the civilian killings.
Bunkers have been built by the government in J-K's Poonch for safety of people.
Construction of bunkers is being undertaken at villages in border areas of Union Territory. Bunkers are safe for residents living near border areas. Construction of bunkers is underway in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district.
On bunker construction under rural development department (RDD), the meeting was told out of 1892 bunkers including 1745 individual and 147 community bunkers, 306 are at foundation level, 216 at superstructure level, 220 at slab level and 1066 stand completed, officials said.
Over 8,600 community and individual bunkers have been constructed along the Line of Control and the International Border in five districts of the Jammu region, an official spokesperson said on Saturday.
Security around vital installations in Srinagar has been strengthened and fresh bunkers set up in and around the city following threats that terrorists may carry out strikes, officials said on Friday.
On Friday, Amit Shah moved a statutory resolution in the Lok Sabha to extend President's Rule the state for a period of six months. Moving the resolution, he said since the state assembly has been dissolved and the Election Commission has decided to hold fresh elections in Jammu and Kashmir later this year, it is essential that the President's Rule be extended for another six months with effect from July 3, 2019.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday sanctioned additional 400 individual bunkers for the twin districts of Poonch and Rajouri which witnessed intense shelling from Pakistani troops over the past five days.
The bunkers are to be constructed in Kathua, Samba, Jammu, Rajouri and Poonch districts.
The Centre recently sanctioned the construction of 14,460 bunkers at a cost of Rs 415.73 crore.
Uprooted from their homes after firing by Pakistan army, people from border areas living in schools-turned-camps have demanded individual bunkers at their residences
The Jammu and Kashmir government has begun the construction of 100 bunkers in border villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district where there have been repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistan forces
In a retaliatory action by the Indian Army following repeated incidents of ceasefire violations from across the border, three-four Pakistani bunkers along the LoC were decimated in a mortar fire launched by India.
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