Trans-border bus service resumes after first phase of polls

Jammu Nov 19: One hundred thirty eight people on Wednesday crossed the LoC as the Poonch-Rawlakote trans-border bus service resumed after it was put off for a day due to first phase of assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
The weekly movement of cross-LoC bus service which takes place every Monday was put off for a day due to polling in Poonch district.
While about 91 people crossed Chakan-da-Bagh LoC point from India to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), 47 others crossed it from PoK to Jammu and Kashmir to meet their relatives, official sources said.
Among them who crossed from this side to PoK, 42 were freshers from Jammu and Kashmir and 49 others were PoK dwellers, they said.
Of the 47 people who came from PoK to this side included 20 fresh PoK dwellers and 27 Indians, who returned after staying with their relatives across.
Indian officers and Pakistani officers supervised the operation of cross over from 1030 hours to 1700 hours at the border point.