Thaindian News

Srinagar, Oct 11 (IANS) Life once again returned to normal for a day in Srinagar Monday with separatists asking people to resume their routine activities and authorities not imposing curfew.

“No curfew or restrictions have been imposed anywhere in Srinagar city today (Monday),” a senior police officer said here.

Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani has appealed to people to resume normal life for a day across the Kashmir Valley.

The appeal for normalcy is part of the protest calendar issued on a weekly basis by the breakaway Hurriyat group as part of the group’s ‘Quit Kashmir’ campaign.

Shops, educational institutions, banks, post offices and other business establishments were open and public transport plied normally. Traffic policemen had a tough time as most roads in the city saw traffic jams.

City residents rued the frequent separatist-shutdowns and the official curfew restrictions.

“Life has become very difficult for the common man in Kashmir. It is a day’s normalcy followed by six days of either curfew or protest shutdowns.

“It has been like this for us during the last four months. How long can uncertainty like this continue?” asked Nazir Ahmad, a 42-year-old contractor here.

As many as 109 people have lost their lives in the last four months of unrest in the Kashmir Valley.