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| Srinagar witnesses normal life after a long spell | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Oct 2: Having seen life paralysed for along spell, Srinagar returned to normalcy for a day on Saturday as authorities lifted curfew and the separatists asked people to resume routine activities.
Markets presented a bsuy look as shops and other businesses were open and public transport plied normally as security forces deployed to enforce curfew were withdrawn by the authorities.
Government offices, banks and post offices, however, remained closed owing to the public holiday on account of Gandhi Jayanti, Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary.
Pertinent to mention here is that hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani amended his group's protest calendar Saturday and asked people to resume normal life.
Geelani had called for a day's normalcy Friday as per the protest calendar, but the authorities imposed strict curfew that day here.
"Authorities imposed curfew on a normal day on Friday and refused people the respite they needed. So we have amended our protest calendar. Saturday would now be a normal day in the Valley," said a source close to the hardline leader.
A police official said: "There would be no curfew restrictions in Srinagar today (Saturday). Curfew has also been lifted from other towns of the valley as well."
Happily so, it was a truce which both government as well as the separatists agreed to have, bringing much respite and relief to the people.People were seen heaving a sigh of relief, wishing that next day followed with similar spirit.
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