Restrictions have been reimposed in Kashmir ahead of prayers on Friday.
Mobile and internet services will remain suspended for the 26th day in Valley, reports India Today.
Markets are shut and barricades and concertina wires remain installed to avoid any untoward incident.
Officials said the situation in the Valley is peaceful but to avoid untoward incident and law and order problem, restrictions have been imposed in several parts of Kashmir valley, particularly in sensitive areas.
Fresh restrictions were imposed in the city and other parts of the #KashmirValley as a preventive measure ahead of Friday congregational prayers, officials said.#DCNation https://t.co/HuuS54001m
— Deccan Chronicle (@DeccanChronicle) August 30, 2019
As the situation improved, the movement of people and traffic was slowly increasing in the city and other district headquarters of the Valley.
There are apprehensions people will assemble after Friday prayers, which is why the restrictions were reimposed again.
Restrictions have been reimposed in #Kashmir ahead of prayers on Friday. Mobile and internet services will remain suspended for the 26th day in Valley.#KashmirHour#KashmirBleeds#KashmirWantsFreedom #FascistIndia https://t.co/9e9xZC4nos
— Zakaria Ahmed (@ZakariaMAhmed) August 30, 2019
Friday prayers will be allowed in small and colony mosques but not in big mosques like Jamia Masjid of Srinagar, officials said.
Meanwhile, Army Chief Bipin Rawat will visit Kashmir for the first time since the revocation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir to review the security situation.
