Jammu, Sept. 12 -- Residents along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir have welcomed the Lieutenant Governor's plan to build new houses for families affected by cross-border shelling, recent floods, and terrorism.

The High-Range Rural Development Society (HRDS) India, in collaboration with the Divisional Commissioners of Jammu and Kashmir, will construct over 1,500 houses for victims, officials said.

"We lived for years amid rubble and fear. The news of new houses being built feels like a sunrise after a long, dark night," said residents from frontier areas.

Fatima Bano from Poonch, whose home was damaged during shelling, said, "Hearing that new houses will be constructed gives us hope that our children can grow up without f...