New Delhi announced that it would open three relief and medical centres on Indian Territory to help earthquake victims living across the Line of Control (LoC), the External Affairs Ministry spokesman said on Saturday. Hence under this arrangement.

Eartthquake victims can cross over to the Indian side during daytime. This phenomenal happening occurred after getting the green signal from Islamabad.

On October 15, India allowed Pakistani helicopters to fly close to the LoC provided permission was obtained. However, Islamabad did not respond to the Indian offer.Indian spokesman said: "We have said that we are waiting for practical suggestions for implementing that proposal. That is a proposal, which has been in line with our policy of closer people-to-people contact across the LoC. This is a follow-up from our side. This is a continuous development of the policy of suggestions to see how we can quickly reach out to the earthquake-affected people. Naturally, this can happen only with the agreement of both governments."

Indians would be free to go to the camps to meet their relatives from the other side of the LoCandmother India would be arranging accommodation Pakistani residents from the other side of the LoC so that they could stay overnight. This had followed the the April 18 agreement with Pakistan to allow the divided families to cross the LOC.

However appropriate screening will be conducted, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that New Delhi would undertake relief operations on the Pakistani side of the LoC, India will open the relief centers or camps near the Kaman post close to Amman Setup , Withal and Chakandabagh .