{"id":6465,"date":"2016-10-16T15:41:38","date_gmt":"2016-10-16T10:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kashmir.today\/?p=6465"},"modified":"2016-10-16T15:41:38","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T10:11:38","slug":"shutdown-kashmir-unrest-completes-100-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=6465","title":{"rendered":"Shutdown in Kashmir as unrest completes 100 days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Srinagar:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>The ongoing unrest in Kashmir, triggered by the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani in an encounter with forces, today completed 100 days even as the Valley remained curfew-free in view of the improvement in the situation.<\/p>\n<div>The unrest, which began a day after Wani was killed in an encounter in south Kashmir on July 8, has left 94 people dead and several thousand injured.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Valley has witnessed continuous shutdown for the past 100 days with periodic relaxation as announced by the separatists who are spearheading the current agitation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The strike has crippled normal life in the Valley as shops, business establishments and petrol pumps have remained closed except for the relaxation period.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The shutdown has affected the education of the children as schools, colleges and other educational institutions have been shut in the Valley.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Authorities also imposed curfew and restrictions on most of these 100 days, throwing normal life out of gear in the Valley.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>However, there was no curfew anywhere in Kashmir today, a police official said, adding restrictions on the assembly of people under Section 144 CrPc were in force throughout the Valley as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said there was improvement in the situation with each passing day as more people were defying the Hurriyat-sponsored strike and coming out to carry their day-to-day activities.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>There is increased movement of public transport, except buses, on the days when there are no restrictions.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Some shops also opened in some areas in the civil lines and outskirts of the city, the official said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He said forces have been deployed in sensitive areas to maintain law and order.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The authorities had on Friday night restored outgoing call facility on prepaid mobile phone connections after three months in view of the improving situation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>However, mobile Internet services continued to remain suspended across Kashmir<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar:\u00a0The ongoing unrest in Kashmir, triggered by the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani in an encounter with forces, today completed 100 days even as the Valley remained curfew-free in view of the improvement in the situation. The unrest, which began a day after Wani was killed in an encounter in south Kashmir on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6466,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}