Nadeem Nadu
Srinagar: Life across the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday remained adversely affected due to the separatist called protest shutdown against the killing of eight civilians firing by forces.
Authorities made heavy deployment of police and paramilitary forces to maintain law and order in Srinagar and other places.
Shops, public transport, other businesses and educational institutions remained closed for the second consecutive day on Tuesday.
Train services between the valley and Jammu region’s Bannihal town also remained suspended.
Some private transport and three wheelers were however seen moving on the city roads in the morning.
The Kashmir University has postponed all exams scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday.
Internet services, both on mobile and fixed landline connections, remained suspended for the third day on Tuesday.
Tension in south Kashmir’s Anantnag, Pulwama, Kulgam and Shopian districts reduced on Tuesday after the Election Commission announced deferment of Wednesday’s poll in Anantnag.
Voting for this Loksabha constituency by-election will be held on May 25.
Meanwhile, normal life was affected in Bhadarwah and Kishtwar towns Tuesday due to a shutdown called by a religious organisation to protest the killing of eight people in election-day violence in Srinagar.
Shops, other business establishments and some private schools of a particular community remained closed. However, government schools, offices and banks are functioning normally and traffic was plying on the roads as usual.
“We have given a call for a peaceful bandh to lodge our protest against the killing of innocent civilians in Kashmir,” said President, Anjuman-e-Islamia Bhadarwah, Pervaiz Ahmed Sheikh.
“For how long can we keep our emotions, especially those of the youth, in control… We are being pushed to the wall. The retaliation is bound to happen,” he said.
Pervaiz said the government was testing their patience and it will be responsible if any untoward thing happened.
Elaborate security arrangements were made in all major towns of the district including Doda, Thathri, Gandoh, Kahara and Bhadarwah.
“The jawans and officers have been advised to practice maximum restraint, but to deal with any untoward situation, we have deployed columns of police, JKAP and CRPF at all sensitive places and outside the mosques,” said SDPO Bhadarwah Brijesh Sharma.
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