Military clampdown, communications blackout continue on 74th day in IoK
Military clampdown, communications blackout continue on 74th day in IoK.
SRINAGAR (Web Desk) – In occupied Kashmir, military siege and communications lockdown in the Kashmir Valley and Muslim majority areas of Jammu region continue on 74th successive day on Thursday (today), Kashmir Media Service reported.
Main business activities continue to remain suspended and public transport off the road even as the authorities have lifted restrictions and partially restored postpaid mobile phone services.
Similarly, rail service from Banihal to Baramulla is also suspended and attendance of employees in offices is thin while students continue to abstain from classes at all educational institutions.
Many believe that the continued shutdown is due to popular anger at India’s Aug 5 unilateral action, comparing it to a campaign of civil disobedience.
Observers say the mood in the valley continues to remain sullen and defiant, adding there is certain spontaneity with the way people have reacted. They maintain there is a lot of resentment, a sense of humiliation at the way things have been done and people have been completely disconnected from the world and each other as well.
Decision about releasing former puppet Chief Ministers, Farooq Abdullah, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti is not on the table yet, a media report maintained.
