Cease fire agreement (CFA) violations by Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) were the highest in October 2019 among the first ten months of the calendar year 2019, Army officials said on November 11, reports Outlook. In the period between October 30 and 31, however, the number of ceasefire violations was 39, one of the highest recorded for any single day this calendar year. As per data compiled by the Army, there were 351 Pakistan-initiated CFA violations along the LoC in various sectors of Jammu and Kashmir in October 2019. The only other month in which CFA violations had crossed the 300-figure mark was August, the month in which Parliament withdrew special status to Jammu and Kashmir by reading down Article 370 of the Constitution. The number of incidents had been recorded at 307 in August 2019. Officials also added that in the first 11 days of November, as many as 97 Pakistan-initiated CFA violations have already been reported. "Ceasefire violations have gone up several folds after August 5 when Article 370 was abrogated. This is indicative of the fact that Pakistan has been trying to push in infiltrators through the LoC under covering fire. Several infiltration attempts have been thwarted though retaliatory firing by Indian troops," an unnamed Army official said. "The biggest challenge for Army troops in containing infiltration attempts would be around four months later than this date when snow hardens and attains the heights of the fences along LoC. This makes crossing over across the LoC easier for infiltrators," added the official. Till date, the total number of CFA violations has crossed the 2,500 mark this calendar year as compared to 1,629 incidents in the entire 12 months in the year 2018. This year, number of ceasefire violations had been the lowest in the months of June and January during which 181 and 203 incidents, respectively, were recorded.