Srinagar: Following tense situation in the valley, for the first time in many years, authorities on Tuesday imposed curfew in all 10 districts of the Kashmir on Eid even as helicopters and drones have been pressed into service for surveillance
Restrictions on assembly of large number of people have been imposed in view of the call by separatists for a march to the local offices of the United Nations on Tuesday, coinciding with the global body’s Opening of 71st Session of the UN General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York on Tuesday
The Army, which has been asked to be on standby, will step in if there is fresh outbreak of violence in the Valley, which has been witnessing widespread unrest for over two months leading to death of over 75 people so far, official sources said.
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Army troops have already been stationed at vantage points in rural areas which have a history of violent protests, they said, adding curfew came in force from midnight
This is probably for the first time that curfew is in place on the day of Eid festival ever since militancy broke out in the state in 1990
Helicopters and drones are keeping a bird’s eye vigil from the skies.
(With PTI inputs)