Srinagar, May 19 -- Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday demanded a rehabilitation package from the Centre for border areas devastated by Pakistan shelling.

Mehbooba visited the frontier district of Kupwara on the Line of Control (LoC), including forward areas like Tangdhar, which were among the worst-hit by cross-border shelling.

Ruing the India-Pakistan hostilities, the PDP chief said people need bunkers for their safety. "Sadly, at a time when people should demand good hospitals and schools, they are asking for bunkers. I think it is a failure of both countries," she said.

Mehbooba said there was a need for a rehabilitation package to make these areas "liveable" again.

"This area is completely destroyed...