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Jaisalmer/Chandigarh October 7 – The Government of India today decided to reverse its earlier order on evacuation of people from areas within ten kilometres of the international border between India and Pakistan.
A decision to this effect was conveyed by the Union Home Minister Mr. Rajnath Singh at Jaisalmer to the Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal during a meeting of Border States at Jaisalmer this afternoon. Accordingly, people who had to leave their homes following the earlier directive of Government of India (GoI) to this effect can now return to their homes.
Earlier, in the wake of surgical strikes by Indian forces into Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), the Centre had ordered evacuation of people from areas within ten kilometres of the Indo-Pak border. The evacuation had been ordered apprehending Pak reaction to surgical strikes. Since Pakistan chose to deny the surgical strikes, the chances of a Pakistani military reaction also disappeared.
Disclosing these developments, Punjab Chief Minister’s Advisor on National Affairs Mr. Harcharan Bains said that the Punjab government has decided to allow people to return to their homes in border areas.
