Curfew, military lockdown continue on 100th consecutive day in IoK

SRINAGAR (92 News) – Curfew, military lockdown and restrictions continue on 100th consecutive day today in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK) following the August 5 Indian illegal decision to abrogate special status of Kashmir. According to KMS, restrictions under Section 144 and ban on prepaid phone, SMS and internet services remain enforced. As a mark of silent protest, people in the Valley continue to keep their shops closed except for a brief period in the morning and evening and stay away from schools and offices. Public transport is also unavailable. Meanwhile, normal life continues to elude the Kashmir Valley and Muslim majority areas of Jammu and Ladakh regions due to the military lockdown imposed by India on 5th August. Restrictions and ban on prepaid phone, SMS and internet services remain enforced. As a mark of silent protest, people continue to keep their shops closed except for a brief period and stay away from schools and offices. Public transport is also off the roads. Due to clampdown, the hospitals continue to face shortage of life-saving drugs in the occupied territory. Reports said that life-saving drugs for diabetes, heart and cancer patients are short in the Kashmir Valley. Medical Superintendent of SMHS Hospital, Srinagar, told media that they didn’t have any budget to procure medicines. Tamil Nadu’s main opposition party, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, through a resolution adopted at its general council meet in Chennai, slammed the Indian government for turning IOK into a huge prison, and asked New Delhi to respect the sensitivities of the people of the territory. The DMK condemned New Delhi for its 5th August’s action. Yesterday, Indian troops in their fresh act of state terrorism, martyred one more Kashmiri youth in Bandipore district raising the toll to two in the past twenty-four hours during curfew. The youth was killed during a cordon and search operation in Lawdoora area of the district. Earlier, the troops had killed one youth in the same area, last night. The operation was going on till the reports last came in. Meanwhile, normal life continues to elude the Kashmir Valley and Muslim majority areas of Jammu and Ladakh regions due to the military lockdown imposed by India on 5th August. Restrictions and ban on prepaid phone, SMS and internet services remain enforced. As a mark of silent protest, people continue to keep their shops closed except for a brief period and stay away from schools and offices. Public transport is also off the roads.