Chandigarh: Punjab is on maximum alert today while villagers close to the border with Pakistan have been told to move to safer locations following the Indian Army's surgical strikes across the Line of Control.
"Punjab is in a state of maximum alert," Harcharan Bains, the advisor to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, said in Chandigarh.
He said appropriate steps were being taken to ensure the safety of people in the border areas with Pakistan.
The Punjab government has ordered the evacuation of villages in a 10-km belt along the border with Pakistan following the surgical strikes by the Indian Army across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.
Local authorities used loudspeakers of Gurdwaras to announce to residents in the border villages to leave their homes and villages and move to safer zones.
Punjab's border districts include Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Faridkot, Abohar and Fazilka.
Punjab shares a 553-km border with Pakistan.
The BSF and district authorities have asked visitors and tourists not to move towards Attari for the ceremony. It is not clear when the ceremony will resume.
"Punjab is in a state of maximum alert," Harcharan Bains, the advisor to Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, said in Chandigarh.
He said appropriate steps were being taken to ensure the safety of people in the border areas with Pakistan.
The Punjab government has ordered the evacuation of villages in a 10-km belt along the border with Pakistan following the surgical strikes by the Indian Army across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Local authorities used loudspeakers of Gurdwaras to announce to residents in the border villages to leave their homes and villages and move to safer zones.
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Punjab's border districts include Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Faridkot, Abohar and Fazilka.
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Punjab shares a 553-km border with Pakistan.
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The BSF and district authorities have asked visitors and tourists not to move towards Attari for the ceremony. It is not clear when the ceremony will resume.
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