Samba: As tensions between India and Pakistan escalate following the Pahalgam terrorist attack that claimed 26 lives in April 2025, villages along the Line of Control are preparing for any potential disruption. A sense of readiness has returned to Ramanagar- a border village in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district as the work of building bunkers is going on. Till now, at least 12 bunkers have been built by the workers with one foot thickness at the bottom and top, the walls are also one feet thick to make it strong. The contractor said that these bunkers can withstand shells and will not be affected at all. Residents said that these reinforced bunkers provide a sense of reassurance to those living along the volatile International Border. Narsi Das, a local resident, said that Pakistan is very close from here.It is probably around one kilometre away from here. They said earlier that they used to go off to the mountains whenever something happened at the borders. If war breaks out, they will be able to take shelter in the bunkers, which can accommodate around 40 to 50 people. The construction of bunkers are assigned by the government to the contractors.With conflict intensifying along the border, frontline villagers — caught between fear and resilience — cling to the hope of safety within concrete walls and justice beyond them.
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00:00Cement mixers roar, labourers haul raw materials and a new bunker steadily takes shape.
00:17Amid the noise of construction, a sense of readiness has returned to Ramnagar,
00:22a border village in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district.
00:26As tensions between India and Pakistan escalate following the Behlgaam attack that claimed 26 lives last month,
00:34villages along the line of control are preparing for any potential eventuality.
00:40This is the last bunker.
00:44How much is the bunker?
00:46Yes, it is a very popular bunker.
00:48Yes, it is the last bunker.
00:52Yes, it is the last bunker.
00:54How much is the bunker?
00:56The bunker is too much.
00:58Yes, the bunker is too much.
01:00Show us what do you want to discuss your fitness?
01:02Yes, the bunker is too much.
01:04How much is it?
01:06Yes, it looks like a person, a cement, it's good.
01:10It looks like a void.
01:12It is a lot of work.
01:14More than one door you see the person,
01:17the other door is too low.
01:19One foot, one foot, one foot, one foot, one foot, one foot, one foot, one foot, one foot,
01:26one foot, one foot, one foot.
01:28How many people can live here?
01:3030-35 people.
01:3345-40 people.
01:34How many people can live here?
01:36There is a lot of safety.
01:38There is no difference.
01:40There is no difference.
01:43Residents say that these reinforced bunkers provide a sense
01:46of reassurance to those living along the volatile international border.
01:54Pakistan has not seen anywhere from a kilometer.
01:56You can see that there is also a bunker.
02:00How many people can live here?
02:02The safety is very far.
02:04It feels like there is a fight.
02:06There is a bunker.
02:08There is a bunker.
02:10When there is a bunker, there is a bunker.
02:12How many people are in the bunker?
02:14At thep and here are a bunker.
02:18There is a fat room.
02:20There is a kitchen.
02:22There are good things here.
02:23There isănppy.
02:24Who provides this bunker?
02:26There is a bunker?
02:28austALKose.
02:29This, I want to build for capacity.
02:31A organizational system.
02:32ù Presume.
02:34With conflict intensifying along the border,
02:36frontline villagers caught between fear and resilience cling to the hope of
02:42safety within concrete walls and justice beyond them