Jammu, Jan 23 : The security forces on Saturday detected yet another infiltration tunnel along the International Border (IB) in Hiranagar sector of Kathua district in Jammu division, officials said.
According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), officials said that the long and deep tunnel was entering IB from Pansar forward area of IB.
The tunnel was detected just five days after a tunnel was detected by Border Security Force on International Border.
“It is a 25-30 feet deep tunnel and a long one as compared to some detected recently,” officials said, adding that the long tunnel was meant to push infiltrators into this side and its use in any infiltration in recent times is a matter of investigation—(KNO)
The situation of Srinagar-Jammu highway, the only road connecting Kashmir with rest of the States, witness frequent closure especially in the winter season, thus leaving the people of Kashmir to face hardships. However, during the closure of the road, the air ticket rates go up unprecedently while the prices of essentials in the markets too […]