Jammu: Curfew continued for the sixth day without any relaxation in Kishtwar town yesterday.
In the other seven districts of Jammu region affected by communal tensions, it continued for the fifth day after periodic relaxations on Tuesday.
Authorities in the tension-ridden Kishtwar town said they had decided against giving any relaxation in curfew Tuesday, and would continue the same yesterday too.
“We keep on reviewing the situation on a regular basis and a decision to relax curfew would be taken keeping the ground situation under consideration. There was no untoward incident anywhere in the district yesterday,” Basheer Ahmad Khan, district magistrate of Kishtwar, told IANS.
Reports reaching here said people in Kishtwar town were facing massive shortage of essential supplies because of indefinite curfew.
In Jammu city, curfew was relaxed on Tuesday after three days for three hours from 4pm to 7pm.
In the districts of Kathua, Samba, Reasi, Rajouri, Udhampur and Doda, periodic relaxations were given in the evening.
No major incident of violence occurred anywhere during the curfew relaxation period.
Although the Amarnath Yatra resumed on Tuesday after a gap of three days, traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar highway continued to remain disrupted.
Besides arresting 11 people for allegedly inciting communal passions in Kishtwar, police has also arrested 120 people from other parts of Jammu region for their role in the incitement of communal hatred.
Full dress rehearsals were held in the state’s winter capital, Jammu, and all other district headquarters of the region on Tuesday, for Independence Day celebrations today. IANS
