ISLAMABAD – Indianlink militarysiege entered 57th day in occupied Kashmir, Monday with alllink main marketslink continue to remainshut, public transport off the roads and schools and offices deserted as noone is heeding the calls of authorities to return to work.
What is adding to the people’s miseries is continued suspension of theinternetlink and mobile link phones, virtually cuttingthe Kashmir valley and Muslim-majority areas of Jammulink region fromlink the outside worldlink, Kashmir Medialink Service reported.
As winter draws closer, Indianlinkparamilitaryforces are asking the residents living in various localities of Srinagarlink city especiallythe downtown areas to rentlink their properties tothe forces’ personnel, posted in the Valley.
The residents said that when they refused to do so they were harassed andasked to vacate their homes immediately. Tens of thousands of paramilitarypersonnel, including members of the CRPF and the BSF, were deployed in theValley in the days preceding the Modi governmentlink move to scrapArticle 370 on August link 5.
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Meanwhile, Indian link forceshave intensified restrictions in the name of surveillance and areadomination operations in the Kashmir valley and Muslimlink majority areas inJammu link region on the57th consecutive day, Monday. Security has been beefed up around vitalinstallations including the Srinagarlink airportlink and district policelink offices. Additionalsecurity bunkers are being constructed in the Srinagarlink city and elsewherein the valley.
For the first time in the Jammulink region, posters havesurfaced at various places in Mendhar town of Poonch district reaffirmingthe people’s resolve to continue freedom struggle against Indialink illegaloccupation. The one-page urdu link posterson behalf of Hurriyat activists were pasted at several places in Mendhartown.