SRINAGAR, India: Indian authorities eased restrictions on movement and restored landline telephone links in some parts of Kashmir on Saturday , the biggest relaxation in a crippling lockdown since New Delhi announced it was removing the region's special status on Aug 5.
For the first time since the Indian government announced that it was revoking Jammu and Kashmir state's rights to set some of its own laws, police vans didn’t announce imposition of a virtual curfew in Srinagar. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has said the revocation of Kashmir's special status was necessary to ensure its full integration into India and speed up development.India's move has raised tensions on the heavily militarised border of Kashmir between India and Pakistan and Islamabad said three Pakistani soldiers were killed in cross-border firing this week. Both countries claim all of Kashmir.
Even so, the U.N. Security Council met behind closed doors at the request of China and Pakistan to discuss the issue. It said that most of the telephone exchanges for fixed-line phones will be working by Sunday night. In the Jammu area, which is mainly Hindu, mobile services have been restored in some districts.There is still a lockdown in much of the region, including in some parts of Srinagar and in sensitive major towns, two Reuters witnesses said. There is also no clear indication about when internet and cell phone links will be restored across the region.
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