Srinagar: Kashmir valley observed a complete shutdown Tuesday in response to the strike call by Hurriyat Conference led Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and endorsed besides others by Hurriyat Conference (G), Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashker-e-Toiba.
Hurriyat Conference (M) had called for a complete strike to commemorate the first “martyrdom” anniversary of its senior leader and chairman of Peoples League, Sheikh Abdul Aziz besides the 62 other ‘martyrs’ who were killed on this day during the ‘Muzaffarabad Challo’ march called by traders and endorsed by pro-resistances organizations following the enforced blockade by Hindu fanatics in Jammu in wake of the controversial Amarnath land deal by the then government.
Reports reaching Press Bureau of India said that due to the strike, all shops, offices, most of the banks, patrol pumps, and other business establishments remained closed along with schools and other educational institutions in valley. Most of the government and semi-government offices were also closed while attendance was very thin in the offices which remained open. Public transport remained off the roads while private vehicular movement, although thin, continued across the valley.
Reports from old-city said that while there were no enforced restrictions by the authorities, a strengthened posse of police and paramilitary CRPF were deployed in the most parts including Nowhatta, Rajouri Kadal, Bohri Kadal and its adjoining areas.
Reports of strike were also received from all district headquarters and major town including Baramulla Bandipora and Kupwara in North Kashmir.
Reports of strike were also received from southern Kashmir districts, Shopian, Kulgam and Islamabad and central Kashmir’s Budgam districts. Reports of strike were also received from Ganderbal district. (PBI)
Hurriyat Conference (M) had called for a complete strike to commemorate the first “martyrdom” anniversary of its senior leader and chairman of Peoples League, Sheikh Abdul Aziz besides the 62 other ‘martyrs’ who were killed on this day during the ‘Muzaffarabad Challo’ march called by traders and endorsed by pro-resistances organizations following the enforced blockade by Hindu fanatics in Jammu in wake of the controversial Amarnath land deal by the then government.
Reports reaching Press Bureau of India said that due to the strike, all shops, offices, most of the banks, patrol pumps, and other business establishments remained closed along with schools and other educational institutions in valley. Most of the government and semi-government offices were also closed while attendance was very thin in the offices which remained open. Public transport remained off the roads while private vehicular movement, although thin, continued across the valley.
Reports from old-city said that while there were no enforced restrictions by the authorities, a strengthened posse of police and paramilitary CRPF were deployed in the most parts including Nowhatta, Rajouri Kadal, Bohri Kadal and its adjoining areas.
Reports of strike were also received from all district headquarters and major town including Baramulla Bandipora and Kupwara in North Kashmir.
Reports of strike were also received from southern Kashmir districts, Shopian, Kulgam and Islamabad and central Kashmir’s Budgam districts. Reports of strike were also received from Ganderbal district. (PBI)
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