Punjab, May 8: Amid tension between India and Pakistan over the Pahalgam massacre, People living near the International Border with Pak, in Punjab leave for safer places due to war scare.
People in some border villages of Ferozepur district in Punjab have begun moving to safer areas amid soaring tensions between India and Pakistan. Other villagers near the International Border (IB) with Pakistan in Amritsar.
Tendi Wala, Kalu Wala, Gatti Rajo Ke, Jhugge Hazara, Navi Gatti Rajo Ke, Gatti Rahime Ke, Chandiwala, Basti Bhanewali, Jallo Ke were among the villages from where people were leaving.
Tarn Taran border districts, however, exuded a sense of calmness with people going about with routine work.
Meanwhile, several residents in Amritsar and Batala resorted to panic buying of grocery items like pulses, cooking oil, wheat flour, sugar, and salt, along with other homeneeds.
Similarly, people were seen queuing up at departmental stores and grocery shops for bulk buying, in order to restore them for the possible war-like situations.
Many people lined up at fuel pumps in Amritsar. Villagers in Ferozepur said they have begun shifting their belongings even though there are no official evacuation orders from the Border Security Force, Indian Army, or any government agency so far.
According to the locals, the decision to move, especially women and children, was their own attempt to get rid of danger, triggered by war.
