India Claims Kashmir Free Of Daytime Restriction

Indian authorities on Monday claimed 90% of the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir was free of daytime restriction.“Daytime restrictions have been fully lifted from 92 police stations, up from 81 last week,” said Rohit Kansal, the principal secretary of Jammu and Kashmir in a news conference, PTI news agency reported.”This makes 90% of the valley free of daytime restrictions of any kind,” said Kansal, referring to the nearly month-long curfew and communication blockade in the region.

He added that 26,000 landlines were now functional. However, an Anadolu Agency reporter on the ground could not verify the government claims. People still do not have access to landline phones, cell phones, and the Internet. Businesses remain closed and public transport is off roads, he told Anadolu Agency from a government facility that has access to the Internet.