Kupwara, May 24 -- A delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders visited Tangdhar in north Kashmir's Kupwara district on Saturday to assess damage caused by cross-border shelling and interact with affected residents.

Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly, Sunil Sharma, said the primary demand from residents was the need for adequate compensation for houses that were destroyed.

"A major demand is for those whose homes are fully damaged. The J-K government does not have enough financial resources to support them properly. Under SDRF (State Disaster Response Fund), they are only getting about Rs 1 lakh, which is insufficient," Sharma told the media after the visit.

He said the team's objective was...