The 2003 India-Pakistan ceasefire agreement has virtually become redundant with a whopping 286 incidents of firing and shelling along LoC and IB in Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistani troops
There have been 186 ceasefire violations by Pakistani troops along the over 190km International Border (IB) in Jammu frontier, while 104 violations of the agreement took place along the over 500km Line of Control (LoC).
There has been 583 ceasefire violations in 2014 and 405 in 2015.
In 2014 and 2015, there were 153 and 152 such violations respectively on the LoC managed by the Army.
The ceasefire violations on the International Border under the control of Border Security Force in 2014 and 2015 were 430 and 253 respectively.
there were 210 incidents of ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the International border in J&K till November 2, 2016, and 159 incidents of ceasefire violations by Pakistan along the Line of Control in the state.
In 2015, there were 253 incidents of ceasefire violations along the International Border and 152 such incidents along the LoC, the minister added.
they fired 120 mm mortars, 82 mm mortars and automatic weapons targeting Indian posts and civilian areas.
A civilian wathching mortar shell in a House fired from the Pakistani side of the border, at Abdullian village in RS Pura.
A wide range of different mortars in 60mm, 81mm and 120mm calibre are available.
The 120-mm mortar is large enough to have a major effect on common urban targets. It can penetrate deep into a building, causing extensive damage because of its explosive power. A minimum of 18 inches of packed earth or sand is needed to stop the fragments from a 120-mm HE round impacting 10 feet away. The effect of a direct hit from a 120-mm round is equivalent to almost 10 pounds of TNT, which can crush fortifications built with commonly available materials. The 120-mm mortar round can create a large but shallow crater in a road surface, but it is not deep or steep-sided enough to block vehicular movement. However, craters could be deep enough to damage or destroy storm drain systems, water and gas pipes, and electrical or phone cables.