[Reader-list] Locals provide food, water to troops fighting militants in Jammu

[Aditya Raj Kaul]

*Locals provide food, water to troops **
**fighting militants in Jammu** *
*UNI - Daily Excelsior*
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*Chinnor, Jammu:** *Extending their support to the security forces fighting
militancy, local people here today arranged food, water and shelter for the
troops during their daylong gunbattle with a group of 'fidayeens' who struck
the winter capital this morning.

A free 'Langer' was organised by the locals for army, police and media
personnel engaged in anti-militancy operation.

The Coventry Day Boarding School, a private educational institution just
about 300 meters away from the encounter site, was specially opened for the
soldiers to take quick rest and re-energise themselves to carry on with the
operation.

The soldiers were provided with lunch in the afternoon, besides refreshment,
including tea, snacks, fruit and water.

Local Jammu Municipal Corporation member Sheela Handoo has been supervising
the hospitality to the fighting and assisting forces during the encounter.

The Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangarsh Samiti (SAYSS) also arranged food for the
locals, who were shifted out of the fire-range by the security personnel to
avoid collateral damage during the encounter.

All the education institutions are closed in Jammu region owing to the
ongoing agitation for the restoration of land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine
Board in south Kashmir. (UNI)
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