Editing Line of Control (section)

==Impact on civilians==
The Line of Control divided the Kashmir into two and closed the Jhelum valley route, the only way in and out of the [[Kashmir Valley]] from [[Punjab, Pakistan|Pakistani Punjab]]. This ongoing territorial division severed many villages and separated family members.<ref>Ranjan Kumar Singh, Sarhad: Zero Mile, (Hindi), ''Parijat Prakashan'', {{ISBN|81-903561-0-0}}</ref><ref name="loc kashmir">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?q=line+of+control+separated+villages+families+relatives+in+kashmir&btnG=Search+Books|title=Closer to ourselves: stories from the journey towards peace in South Asia|publisher=WISCOMP, Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama|year=2008|page=75|access-date=19 June 2013}}</ref> Some families could see each other along the LoC in locations such as the Neelum River, but were unable to meet.{{Sfn|Zakaria|2018|p=84}} In certain locations, women on the Pakistan side on the LoC have been instrumental in influencing infiltration and ceasefire violations; they have approached nearby Pakistani Army camps directly and insisted infiltration stop, which reduces India's cross LoC firing.{{Sfn|Zakaria|2018|pp=107–109}}