Curfew, lock-down enters 189th 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 189th consecutive day on Sunday.

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.

Earlier, The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is probably going to face a massive defeat in the state elections in New Delhi, exit polls recommend as millions in the Indian capital turned out to vote in a crucial state election on Saturday.

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Federal Home Minister Amit Shah, who had been actively campaigning for BJP to showcase his strong national security stand, summoned party members meeting late Saturday night. BJP has lost control of two important states, Jharkhand and Maharashtra, since it came into power for a second time in May 2019.