Baramulla, May 9 -- As tensions escalate between India and Pakistan, the locals of border villages across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir bear the brunt of the situation.

In Uri district, locals remain in distress as they suffer damage to their livelihood. Several shops in the border village have been targeted in Pakistan's shelling across the LoC.

A civilian said, "Those who have means or places would go there. But we are poor. Where would we go? The shelling must stop."

Sajjad Ahmed, a resident of the border village, stood before the remains of his shop and said that the shelling by Pakistan was target killing of civilians, and it was "injustice" to them.

"After we closed our shop last night, shelling started. This mo...