| Train services banned in valley, public transport barred in Srinagar | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 19: Day after the valley reported first Covid-19 positive case, the Jammu and Kashmir authorities on Thursday suspended train services in Kashmir valley. The railway services were suspended till March 31. The suspension of railway services comes day after a 67-year-old woman, who had returned from Saudi Arabia after performing Umrah (minor Hajj) on March 16, was tested positive for deadly Coronavirus. An official of the railway department said that on the instructions of Inspector General Police (IGP) Kashmir in view of COVID-19, the train services from Banihal to Baramulla and vice-versa will remain suspended with immediate effect till March 31. Earlier the IGP in the letter to Chief Area Manager, northern railways, Budgam said: "In view of the spread of coronavirus apprehensions in the valley, as a precautionary measure, the Banihal-Baramulla and vice-versa rail service may please be suspended with immediate effect till March 31." Meanwhile Regional Transport Officer (RTO) Kashmir has also imposed a ban on all forms of public transport within Srinagar city while also banning entry of any public transport vehicle from adjoining districts of the summer capital of the union territory.
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