As a result of the Pakistan-sponsored, decades-long violence in Kashmir, hundreds of Kashmiri youngsters died and their mothers continue to wail and wait for them. However, it is estimated that around 50,000 people have died as a result of the insurgency, based on official numbers from Indian sources. According to certain rights organizations, nearly 100,000 people have perished since 1989.
Cross Border Terrorism:
In a nutshell, since 1989, cross-border terrorism has been rampant in Jammu & Kashmir’s Kashmir Valley, resulting in a catastrophic socio-economic slump that has necessitated the unwavering efforts of security forces and the present administration of Jammu & Kashmir to combat it. It had disrupted the ecological balance in addition to aiding in social and economic decline. To survive the economic crisis, many traders were obliged to move their trading centers out of the Valley and into other regions of the nation, while a sizable number of others were compelled to hunt for alternate sources of income. All main sources of income for the local community have been impacted by the conflict, including agriculture, horticulture, tourism, and the handicraft sector.
The Pakistan-sponsored strategists are committed to harming Kashmir’s youngsters in a certain way, and they regularly target all attempts made to settle and safeguard the region’s youth. The most significant sector that terrorism affects is education. Hartals and curfews forced schools to shut for months, sacrificing valuable education time. Terrorists have wreaked havoc on several government schools, which provide education to kids whose families cannot afford to take them to private institutions. In 2015. The sentiment of separatism among students at all academic levels, from elementary to university, was further intensified by separatists aided by Pakistan planting their people there. Illegal appointments and pervasive favoritism transformed educational institutions into separatist hotspots, fostering “anti-national” attitudes in young people.Â
Once these faculty were planted, they used bribes to fill open academic jobs, which hurt education overall. Thousands of students’ lives were wrecked by the failing educational environment, rampant violence, and conflict, which increased socio-psychological trauma among the populace.
The playgrounds were abandoned and transformed into graveyards in order to deny Kashmiri youth of their possibilities, drive them to pick up arms and turn them into cannon fodder for Pakistan and its supporters in Kashmir. The playfields were unlawfully taken by individuals who supported terrorist organizations and separatist movements.
But it appears that since 2019, things have altered. Since terrorists and Pakistani stooges operating in the Valley have been tugged at and their capacity to sustain a parallel system has been destroyed, Kashmir has experienced a return to normality during the past three years. The security forces and the Jammu and Kashmir Police have reduced the number of terrorists carrying arms and grenades to nothingness. Crossfires and grenade assaults have stopped. Shutdowns and stone-pelting incidents are non-existent.
Naya Jammu Kashmir:
The general populace is at ease as a result of Kashmir’s return to normalcy. He works in quiet surroundings, carrying on his usual business. The return to normalcy caused businesses to remain open full-time, increasing sales and income for business owners. Participating in sporting events that are organized around the city allows young people in Naya Jammu and Kashmir to carry on with their activities. More than 17 Lac individuals participated in various sporting events as a result, and among them, a number of young athletes were selected for contests on a national and international level. The remainder of the participants are also doing brilliantly.
As, Jammu and Kashmir is currently progressing toward peace, prosperity, and development in all areas, beginning with the adjustments made in the educational sector. Pakistan has now turned to drug trafficking to degrade youngsters in Jammu and Kashmir and finance terrorism in the valley as allowing the flow of weapons and terrorists becomes more difficult. Before being sent to Kashmir, heroin and marijuana are two illegal drugs that are grown and prepared in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Drug trafficking has significantly increased in Jammu and Kashmir during the past few years.
Udta Kashmir:
With a drug usage rate of 2.5 percent and an apparent drug consumption rate of 1.2 percent, Kashmir has surpassed Punjab as the region with the highest drug abuse in the country. In November 2022, the Chief Sectary Dr. Arun Mehta presided over a meeting of the state-level narcotic coordination group that reported that at least six lakh Jammu and Kashmir residents were experiencing problems because of drugs. Kashmir’s crime rate is higher because a heroin addict in the Valley spends thousands of rupees each year on drugs. Recent rape and murder cases in Kashmir are proof of the rise in crime.
Pakistan’s stance has been changed to “Bandook Se Na Goli Se, Baat Banegi Woollie Se” due to the increasing difficulty of smuggling guns and ammunition into Kashmir. As a result, although arms and ammo are no longer functional, narcotics are. Narcoterrorism, which is supported by Pakistan, is currently a significant issue in Jammu & Kashmir. This serious issue requires the attention of both human rights organizations and ruling elites worldwide. A generation of Kashmiris has already died due to conflict; we cannot afford to lose another generation to drug abuse.
