Lok Sabha Question No. 917 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-01
Subject: Ceasefire Violation
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU, T.G. VENKATESH BABU, KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN, INNOCENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 917

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 1 ST  MARCH, 2016/PHALGUNA 11, 1937 (SAKA)

## CEASEFIRE VIOLATION

917.

SHRI P.K. BIJU:

SHRI VENKATESH BABU T.G.:

SHRI K.N. RAMACHANDRAN:

SHRI INNOCENT:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  increasing  incidents  of terror  attacks  in  Jammu  and  Kashmir,  infiltration  and  continued shelling from across the border in bordering areas in the recent past in which large number of security people and civilians lost their lives;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the number of such incidents occurred and  the  number  of  security  personnel/civilians  injured/killed  in  those incidents during the last three years and the current year, State-wise;

(c)  whether steps are being taken by the Government to improve the safety and security in the sensitive locations and to protect the lives of  security  forces  and  common  man  including  holding  dialogue  with Pakistani authorities; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)

(a) & (b): The  number  of  terrorist  incidents  in  Jammu  and  Kashmir and the number of security personnel/ civilians killed/injured in these incidents during the last three years and current year is as under:-

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| Year                  | No. of terrorist incidents   | Civilians   | Civilians   | Security personnel   | Security personnel   |
|-----------------------|------------------------------|-------------|-------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|                       |                              | Killed      | Injured     | Killed               | Injured              |
| 2013                  | 170                          | 15          | 31          | 53                   | 74                   |
| 2014                  | 222                          | 28          | 71          | 47                   | 84                   |
| 2015                  | 208                          | 17          | 70          | 39                   | 103                  |
| 2016 (upto 21 st Feb) | 21                           | 1           | 0           | 7                    | 14                   |

The  number  of  ceasefire  violations  along  the  International  Border  in Jammu  and  Kashmir  and  no.  of  civilians  and  Border  Security  Force personnel killed/injured in these incidents during last three years and current year is as under:-

| Year                | No. of ceasefire violation along International Border   | Civilians   | Civilians   | Border Security Force personnel   | Border Security Force personnel   |
|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|                     |                                                         | Killed      | Injured     | Killed                            | Injured                           |
| 2013                | 148                                                     | -           | 19          | 2                                 | 17                                |
| 2014                | 430                                                     | 12          | 86          | 2                                 | 15                                |
| 2015                | 253                                                     | 8           | 49          | 1                                 | 4                                 |
| 2016 (upto January) | -                                                       | -           | -           | -                                 | -                                 |

The infiltration  details  during  last  three  years  and  current  year  is  as under:-

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| Year                |   Attempted | Killed   | Returned   | Arrest/Surrendered   |   Successful |
|---------------------|-------------|----------|------------|----------------------|--------------|
| 2013                |         277 | 38       | 142        | 0                    |           97 |
| 2014                |         222 | 52       | 105        | 0                    |           65 |
| 2015                |         121 | 46       | 41         | 1                    |           33 |
| 2016 (upto January) |           3 | -        | -          | -                    |            3 |

(c) & (d): The following steps have been taken in this regard:-

- (I)    The  Government  has  adopted  various  counter  measures  to neutralise these efforts and capabilities of militants to disturb peace in the State. The  Government  has also  encouraged  policies to mainstream  the  youth,  including  providing  employment  opportunities to wean them away from militancy. Some of the visible area of focus includes:-
- (i) Proactively  take  suitable  measures  by  all  the  SFs  to  safeguard the borders from cross-border terrorism and to contain militancy.
- (ii) To ensure that the democratic process is sustained and primacy of  civil  administration  is  restored  to  effectively  tackle  the  socioeconomic  problems  facing  the  people  on  account  of  the  effects  of prolonged militancy in the State, and

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(iii) To  ensure  sustained  peace  process  and  to  provide  adequate opportunities  to  all  sections  of  the  people  in  the  State  who  eschew violence to effectively represent their view points and to redress their genuine grievances.

- (II) The Government of India in tandem with the State Government, have  adopted  a  multi-pronged  approach  to  contain  cross    border infiltration,        which,      inter-alia,        include  Strengthening  of  border management  and  multi-tiered  deployment  along  the  International Border / Line of Control, and near the ever changing infiltration routes, construction  of  border  fencing,  improved  technology,  weapons  and equipments for SFs, improved intelligence and operational coordination;  and  synergizing  intelligence  flow  to  check  infiltration and pro-active action against terrorists within the State. These include a pilot project for 24x7x365 surveillance on two riverine patches of the Indo-Pak border in Jammu region amounting to Rs. 10 crore;  a pilot project for construction of 60 bunkers at the cost of Rs.3 crore along International Border for safeguards of the civilians during cross border firing,  and  construction  of  culverts/bridges  across  the  nullahs  along the IB.

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Besides,  Government  has  repeatedly  emphasised,  including  at  the highest level, the need for Pakistan to uphold the sanctity of the Line of  Control  and  abide  by  the  ceasefire  commitment of 2003 along the International  Border  and  Line  of  Control  in  Jammu  and  Kashmir. Ceasefire violation  are taken up with Pakistani authorities through the established  mechanism  of  hotlines,  flag  meetings  as  well  as  talks between the Directorate Generals of Military Operations (DGMO).

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