Srinagar: After a day break strike call called by Hurriyat Conference (G), and curfew restrictions in some parts cripples normal life in Kashmir valley.
According to Agence India Press, shops and business establishments remained closed today, after doing brisk business yesterday, in, Srinagar and its adjoining areas.
Transport was off the roads. The State Road Transport Corporation (SRTC) buses also remained grounded. However, Attendance in the government offices, banks and educational institutions remain thin today.
Streets, which were flooded with people yesterday, again wore a deserted look today with security forces deployed on both sides of the Nallahmar road from Qamarwari to Bashimbar Nagar.
Elsewhere, in the south Kashmir a complete shutdown has crippled life with all shops and business establishments closed and traffic off the roads.
However, adequate security forces remained deployed to thwart any untoward incident.
Life remained paralysed in this and other towns and tehsil headquarters in north Kashmir, a report from Baramulla said. Business and other activities remained paralysed and traffic remained off the roads.
Only a few public vehicles were seen plying while all private ones remained off the roads in Srinagar.
Kashmir Valley has been on the boil since mid-June with 65 people killed till date as a result of clashes between stone-pelting mobs and security forces, which regularly have to restore to firing to control the situation.
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