Srinagar: Normal life activities resumed across the Kashmir valley as the two-day “relaxation” began today, five days after the first such “relaxation” during the past over four and a half months of the current unrest.All market places here and in other towns across the Valley opened since early morning while roadside vendors had also set up their vends and handcarts in the major market places. There was moderate to heavy rush of customers in the markets all over in major towns leading to an increase in the vehicular movement on the roads. There has been a gradual increase in the pedestrian and vehicular movement over the past few weeks, indicating an improvement in the overall situation in the Valley.With the “relaxation” in separatists’ protest calendar, the movement of public transport, including buses and taxis on the city routes and inter-district roads, has been on the increase. The authorities have also lifted ban on Internet services, which had been imposed since the ongoing trouble was triggered.While the attendance in government offices has been normal with an improvement in the situation, educational institutions have suffered heavily, affecting the academic session. However, the annual examinations of Class X and XII are underway and the higher classes are also going to hold exams by next month.Separatists Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik have been jointly issuing weekly protest calendars since the trouble started following the killing of militant commander Burhan Wani on July 8. The current unrest has completed 141 days during which at least 89 persons, including two policemen, have been killed and over 12,000 others injured in the clashes between the protesters and the police forces. (TNS)