India bans civilian movement on highway in Occupied Kashmir
The restrictions would remain in force till May 31.
SRINAGAR (Web Desk) – Authorities in Indian-held Kashmir have banned movement of civilian traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu Highway for two days every week.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the authorities have notified Sunday and Wednesday in a week for the movement of Indian forces’ personnel from Srinagar to Jammu. During these days, no civilian traffic would be allowed on the highway from 4:00am to 5:00pm, he added.
This prohibition would be from Baramulla through Srinagar, Qazigund, Jawahar Tunnel, Banihal and Ramban till Udhampur.
“These restrictions would remain in force till May 31, 2019,” a spokesperson said.
Condemning the move, All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Chairman Syed Ali Gilani said that caging the entire population in their houses to facilitate the uninterrupted movement of Indian is shameful and humiliating violation of fundamental rights.
Gilani said after creating graveyards in length and breadth of the territory, rulers in Delhi very brazenly try to strangulate the common people, which can have catastrophic ramifications.
He said that power intoxicated Indian ruling class should bear in mind that Jammu and Kashmir was not their property and its people were not their slaves and whenever and whatever they want they will be free to do so.
The APHC chairman said that roads were means of connectivity and were not only used in normal life, but were of prime importance in some desperate and emergency situations. “Curtailing and banning such a basic and fundamental lifeline amounts to an unforgivable crime against helpless population.”
The pro-freedom leader said that souls of Changaze and Halaku might also have been surprised to hear such ridiculous and foolish announcements coming off and on from the mindless rulers. “It is better that they close all educational institutions, healthcare system, offices, universities and seal the residences, so that only their armed forces can roam around.”
Syed Ali Gilani said that world’s worst dictators might also not have done such inhuman actions, which the saffron brigade very cunningly and brazenly did, weaving a deceitful mask of so-called democracy.
The octogenarian leader deplored that a permanent resident of Kashmir now needed to take the permission from the outsider to use its own land. “Caging the entire population in their houses to facilitate the smooth and uninterrupted forces movement is not only shameful, but is gross and humiliating violation of one’s basic and fundamental rights,” he added.
He to appealed human rights bodies, peace-loving people, particularly Indian intelligentsia and conscious citizens to come forward and rescue the helpless Kashmiri people.
