Srinagar, Nov 26: Despite general strike called by separatists, the Karvan-e-Aman bus, operating between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administrate-Kashmir (PaK), left here on Monday to cross over to other side of the Line of Control (LoC), official sources said.
The bus with four PaK returnees left Bemina, Srinagar, this morning for Kaman post, the last Indian military post on this side of the LoC at Uri, sources told UNI. There is a strike call by Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) against civilian and militant killings in the valley during the past one week.
The bus has reached Trade Facilitation Centre (TFC), where more passengers will board it before leaving for Kaman post, they said, adding that the exact number of people travelling to other side will be known in the afternoon.
Similarly, the passengers coming from PaK will also be known in the evening, the sources said.
The bus was introduced on April 7,2005, after India and Pakistan agreed to allow families divided in 1947 to travel on Travel Permits instead of International Passport.
However, only state subjects are eligible to travel after their names are cleared by intelligence agencies from both sides. It has helped thousands of divided families to meet each other. UNI
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