Jammu: The Indo-Pak border ceasefire in Jammu and Kashmir has completed 42 weeks with Indian security forces committed to observing it in "letter and spirit", kindling a hope that peace achieved after decades of violence will be permanent.

"The Indo-Pak ceasefire has completed its 42 weeks (over ten months) period and has now entered into the 11th month. During the period there was no violation of ceasefire from either Pakistan or India," a top Defence officer at Northern Command said.

During the period, there were two to three firing incidents reported on Indo-Pak border, two on International Border (IB) and one on LOC (Line of Control) due to firing by the militants on BSF (Border Security Force) troops, who retaliated.

"But Indian troops solved these incidents mutually with Pakistani troops at flag meetings," he said.

"We are committed to continue with the ceasefire. All border people are happy over the ceasefire and wish that it becomes permanent," he said.

However the troops would not tolerate any infiltration from across and these would be foiled at all costs, he said.

The ceasefire went into effect on November 26 last year at midnight on the IB, LOC and positions on the Siachen Glacier, the world's highest battleground.

Before the ceasefire, Indian and Pakistani troops, who were in close proximity at several places along the 742-km border in JK, exchanged gunfire and shelling nearly every day.

But for the first time in decades, the border villagers were experiencing a sense of relief as the guns have remained silent on both sides for last 10 months and hoped that permanent peace will prevail in the region.

Both armies are committed to observing the ceasefire "in letter and spirit", the official said.

"We do not want firing to go on. We want to live in peace. If they want us to live in peace then this should continue. We face lot of difficulties during firing from Pakistani side," said Azmal Shal, resident of Sia, a border village in R S Pura.

"We are sceptical about the Pakistani moves because of the past experiences. We know what happened at Kargil and later on also. But we still hope that Pakistan would not repeat the earlier incidents," he said.