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Third trans-Kashmir relief crossing set to open TITHWAL, India, Nov 12 (AFP) - India and Pakistan were Saturday scheduled to open a third crossing point on the disputed Kashmir border to increase the flow of aid for earthquake survivors as fresh rain and snow hit the scenic region. Pakistani troops have laid a small foot-bridge over the fast-flowing Kishen Ganga River that would be used to carry relief supplies to the tens of thousands left stricken by last month's massive temblor. "Despite heavy overnight rain in the plains and snow in mountains in this area the exchange of relief aid will take place as per schedule," the police chief of north Kashmir, Abdul Subhan Lone, told AFP in Tithwal. "All the arrangements have been made and the exchange will take place around noon," he said. The two nuclear-armed rivals opened the first crossing along the Line of Control - the de facto border that divides Kashmir between them - on November 7 in southern Poonch district, followed November 9 by another in the northern Uri sector. Next week two more openings are slated for relief supplies to cross the border. |
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