New Delhi: Terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir have reduced after the surgical strikes were carried out by the Indian Army in terror launch pads in PoK, Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.
Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir said that during the three months prior to the September 29 surgical strikes, there were 110 terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir in which 34 security personnel and seven civilians were killed.
But during three months, post surgical strikes, there were 87 terror incidents in the state in which 19 security personnel and six civilians were killed, he said in a written reply.
The surgical strikes were carried out by the Army after the terror attack in Uri.
The government had said that during the strikes, many terror launch pads were destroyed and several militants killed in Pakistan occupied Kashmir.
“The government has continuously encouraged to mainstream the youth, including providing employment opportunities to wean them away from militancy,” Ahir said.
Meanwhile, Ceasefire violations by Pakistan and casualties on the Indian side of the Line of Control and the international border have come down after the surgical strikes by India, the government said on Wednesday.