Life Paralysed For 3rd Successive Day In Srinagar As New Warnings Surface

Most shops and other business establishments in Kashmir remained closed Friday, the third consecutive day of a Valley-wide shutdown following a brief semblance of normalcy.

Posters warning shopkeepers against opening their shutters as well as public transport operators appeared Wednesday at several places in the city and elsewhere in the Valley, officials said. This ended the sense of the last few weeks that life was getting back to normal.

Main markets in the city and most other areas in the Valley were shut and shops did not open even for a few hours in the morning as they had been doing for the last few weeks.

Public transport was also largely off the roads and there were fewer private vehicles than usual, officials said. However, some auto-rickshaws and inter-district cabs were plying.

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