Kashmir Valley returning to normal

The situation in Kashmir seems to be returning to normal as there are no reports of any trouble in the Valley and the situation is improving day by day, a police report says.

Despite no curfew restrictions in the entire Valley on Sunday, except restrictions in north Kashmir Sopore town, “the day passed off peacefully,” said a Jammu and Kashmir police release the same evening.

“The situation remained normal and under control throughout the Kashmir Valley,” it said.

Meantime, markets and other businesses remained closed in Srinagar because of a public holiday and the Sunday market.

Separatist militants have been battling Delhi’s rule in the Indian part of Kashmir since 1989. According to official figures, at least 47,000 people have so far been killed in the conflict, more than a third of them civilians.

The situation took to the worse since June 11 after a tear gas shell killed a 17-year-old protesting student, triggering months of clashes which have claimed the lives of at least 111 people.