SRINAGAR, AUGUST 07 (PTK): Life returned to normal on Tuesday in Kashmir rafter remaining crippled for two days due to strike called by separatists against alleged attempts being made to abrogate Article 35-A.
Meanwhile, restrictions, which were imposed in the downtown and Shehar-e-Khas (SeK) as a precautionary measure on Monday, were lifted.
Shops and business establishments were seen normal business and traffic on all routes was plying normally in summer capital, Srinagar, and other major towns and tehsil headquarters in the valley. However, life was affected in the morning hours in the summer capital and adjoining areas following incessant rain and cloud burst.
All the shops were open in the main business hubs in civil lines, including historic Lal Chowk, Gonikhan, Residency Road, Maulana Azad Road, Mahraj Bazar, Batamaloo, Iqbal Park, Dalgate, Regal Chowk and Budshah Chowk.
The situation was no different in the uptown, where shops and business establishments reopened after two days of strike. Meanwhile, reports of normalcy were also received from other parts of the Valley, including Baramulla, Sopore, Bandipora and Pattan in north Kashmir and Anantnag, Pulwama and Shopian in south Kashmir. Business and other activities also resumed in the twin central Kashmir districts of Budgam and Ganderbal.
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