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Srinagar, June 25, 2013 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, normal life has been severely affected, today, in Srinagar and other parts of the territory due to the shutdown and strict restrictions imposed by the authorities on the occasion of Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh’s visit to the Kashmir Valley.
Call for the shutdown has been given by almost all pro-freedom leaders and organizations to send a loud and clear message to India and the world community that Kashmir is a disputed territory, which needs to be settled under the relevant resolutions of the United Nations and the Kashmiris’ aspirations.
Shops and business establishments are closed while traffic is off the road. The Indian paramilitary and police personnel deployed in strength across Srinagar are carrying out random frisking of pedestrians and commuters.
They are not allowing traffic movement from Lal Chowk area. The civilian movement in civil lines area has also been curtailed after Indian forces erected barricades and concertina wire on roads.
The undeclared curfew has also been imposed in downtown reportedly to prevent people from holding anti-India demonstrations.
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