Kashmir Shutdown: Railway Suffers Rs 2.76 Cr Loss

As train service continued to remain suspended for the 92nd day on Monday, the Railway department has suffered a loss of over Rs 2.76 crore in Kashmir valley, where shutdown against scrapping of Article 370 and Article 35 A entered 14th week. Official sources said not a single train operated in Kashmir valley for security reasons since August 5 for security reasons.
“We were running a number of trains since morning till late in the evening between Srinagar-Badgam in central Kashmir to Baramulla in the north,” they said, adding that similarly, trains were also operating between Badgam-Srinagar-Anantnag and Qazigund in south Kashmir to Banihal in Jammu region.
However, they said after receiving an advisory from the divisional administration and police, all train runs were suspended, adding railway service will be resumed only after receiving a green signal from the authorities.