India eased travel restrictions in some parts of Srinagar on Saturday, and people flooded the streets to buy provisions ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid-al-Adha on Monday.
SRINAGAR - For the first time in six days, India eased travel restrictions in some parts of Srinagar on Saturday, and people flooded the streets of Kashmir's summer capital to buy provisions ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid-al-Adha on Monday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government also locked down the revolt-torn region, cutting off communications, detaining more than 500 political leaders and activists, and putting a 'virtual curfew' into force with numerous police and army roadblocks stopping movement by many residents. In a tweeted statement on Saturday, the spokeswoman for India's Ministry of Home Affairs, Vasudha Gupta, said that the estimate of 10,000 was"completely fabricated & incorrect".
"Why is India doing this to us?" said an elderly man, Mohammed Sultan, whose truck that he used to transport goods and earn a daily wage was damaged. Pointing to his two young grandsons, he said:"How do I do my work and feed these people now?"QUEUEING FOR HOURS Babli, who only gave one name, rushed there to try to call her son and daughter, both in Delhi, whom she had not been able to speak to since the blackout began on Sunday night.COMMUNICATIONS BLACKOUT CRITICIZED
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