“Restrictions preventing assembly of five or more persons under section 144 CrPc will remain in force”, a police official said here.
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Despite lifting of the curfew, clashes continued in Kashmir for the 53rd day in a row on Tuesday. Elsewhere, the damages of the 50-day protests are visible: the ceilings of the camps of security forces have been demolished, walls of police stations have been razed and the roads remain strewn with rocks and bricks.
Although the union home minister recently announced that the alternative to pellet guns was on its way, doctors at SMHS Hospital, where most of the severely injured in pellet firing, are admitted, said they are working in a “war like situation”. While public transport continued to be off roads, there was increased movement of private cars and autorickshaws on the roads here this morning, the official said.
Authorities re-imposed restrictions and curfew in different parts of Srinagar city after clashes broke out in various areas in various areas including Batamaloo, Kanikadal, Chota Bazar, Nowhatta, Eidgah, Sazgaripora Hawal, Kaksarai, Karan Nagar, Habbakadal and other areas.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his radio address Mann Ki Batt on Sunday, spoke about the unrest in Kashmir and lashed out at those trying to disrupt peace in the Valley by using children as foot soldiers to further their agenda.
After 51 days, administration lifted curfew from Kashmir since the ongoing turmoil started on 8 July, authorities said.
Rights groups say 70,000 people, mostly civilians, have died in the fighting and thousands disappeared after they were taken away by security forces since 1989 when an armed rebellion against Indian rule began.
In a statement issued last week, the separatists have asked people to continue the shutdown until Sept 1.
A government spokesperson told the daily that barring a few incidents of stone-pelting in south Kashmir, the Valley was peaceful the whole of Sunday.
Meanwhile, Rajnath Singh will lead an all-party delegation to the Kashmir Valley on September 4 to “meet a large number of local leaders”, an official said.
Forces have killed at least 71 civilians and injured thousands since July 09, 2016.
The delegation members had also called on senior separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani in 2010.
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Kashmir is divided between India and Pakistan and claimed by both.
