Shops in Srinagar Open in Morning Hours, Normal Life Remains Disrupted in Valley news18.com

Some shops in the city opened in the morning hours on Wednesday but main markets and other business establishments across the Kashmir Valley remained shut for the 59th consecutive day.

Normal life in the valley has been disrupted following abrogation of Article 370 on August 5.

Mobile services remained suspended in Kashmir except in Handwara and Kupwara areas in the north, while Internet services — across all platforms continued to be snapped in the valley, officials said.

They said there are apprehensions that mobile and Internet services could be misused by anti-national elements to fuel violence in the valley.