Curfew, lock-down enters 186th consecutive day in IoK

SRINAGAR: The curfew and communications blockage in Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) continues to remain cut off from the rest of the world on the 186th consecutive day on Thursday.

There is a shortage of food and medicines, while heavy snowfall has multiplied the miseries of the hapless Kashmiri people. Since 5th August 2019, the Indian government has placed a curfew in IoK by revoking the special status of occupied Kashmir.

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Restrictions under section 144 and total ban on internet and prepaid mobile services remain enforced. Public transport is off the roads. Shops and business centers barring a few hours in the morning and evening continue to remain shut.

Though educational institutions and offices are open yet very few show up there. Normal life remains disabled in the IoK and parts of the occupied valley. Shops and business establishments remain closed most of the time except for a few hours in the morning and evening.

The authorities have also deputed magistrates in educational institutions across occupied Kashmir to monitor the activities of students.

They have directed the heads of educational institutions to conduct regular morning assemblies and advise students to concentrate on education only. On 11th December, the Indian government restored incoming text messages in IoK after four months of curfew in the valley.

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Earlier, the construction of the great Hindu temple at the Holy Place, which was fiercely disputed by the Muslims, took a step closer on Wednesday when Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that a trust had been finalized to manage the design.

Demolishing a mosque in Ayodhya by a huge crowd of fanatics nearly 30 years ago caused some of the country’s deadliest religious abuse since independence, killing more than 2,000 citizens.