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Srinagar, June 18: Traffic was suspended on the national highway, the only road connecting Union Territory (UT)of Ladakh with Kashmir, on Friday in view of the weekly maintenance.
However, national highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, historic 86-km-long Mughal road and Anantnag-Kishtwar roads are through, a traffic police official told UNI today.
He said traffic was suspended from both Ladakh and Srinagar sides on the highway, to allow the Beacon authorities to undertake weekly maintenance of the road on Friday.
The authorities from Ladakh and Kashmir have decided to suspend traffic on the highway on every Friday to allow Beacon to undertake necessary maintenance of the highway, particularly at Zojila pass so that the only road link between Ladakh and Kashmir remained open during other week days.
Meanwhile, Light Motor Vehicles (LMVs) will ply from both Jammu and Srinagar while Heavy Motor Vehicles (HMVs) from Zig Qazigund in south Kashmir towards Jammu. Security forces will also ply from Srinagar to Jammu, he said adding no HMV will be allowed from opposite direction.
He said the Mughal road, which connects Shopian in south Kashmir with Rajouri and Poonch in Jammu region, was open. However, he said, only load carriers, including fresh perishable fruit and vegetables and empty trucks and oil tankers shall be allowed to ply from Heerpora Shopian towards Poonch tomorrow between 0900 hrs to 1400 hrs.
No vehicle will be allowed before and after cut off timing, he said adding no passenger vehicle or pedestrian will be allowed on the road. However, medical emergencies will be allowed to travel after obtaining proper permission from concern authority.
He said only vehicles carrying passengers for medical emergencies will be allowed to ply on Kishtwar-Anantnag-Srinagar road.
xxx Prayers remains suspended in shrines, other worship places in Kashmir
Srinagar, Jun 18 (UNI) Prayers remained suspended in all main shrines, Jamia Masjids and other worship places in the Kashmir valley, where authorities have imposed corona curfew to prevent any further surge in the COVID-19 positive cases.
However, Friday prayers were offered in small mosques, particularly in the interior parts, and devotees were seen wearing masks and also keeping social distancing during the congregational prayers.
The Kashmir division reported 466 COVID positive cases while four person died due to corona virus on Thursday.
The main doors of historic Jamia Masjid in the down town city remained closed and no prayers were offered in the worship place since holy month of Ramadhan when Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid (AAJM) announced suspension of prayers following increase in the COVID positive cases in the valley.
The AAJM, headed by Mirwaiz Moulvi Omar Farooq, chairman of moderate Hurriyat Conference (HC) had said that no prayers would be held in the Masjid till further orders. Mirwaiz remained under house arrest since August 4, 2019 a day before the centre abrogated Article 370 and 35 A besides divided the Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories (UTs).
The Jammu and Kashmir Wakf Board has also announced suspension of all prayers, including Friday, in about 133 shrines and other worship places under its control in the UT J&K. Therefore, no prayers were held in Asaar-e-Sharief, Hazratbal , which houses the Holy Relic of Prophet Muhammad, on the bank of Dal Lake.
Similarly, no prayers were held at the shrine of Hazrat Mehboob-ul-Aalam, Hazrat Syed Sahib, Sonawar, Hazrat Gousal-ul-Azam at Khanyar and Sarai Bala, Khankha Moula and other shrines in Srinagar. However, in the interior parts congregational prayers were offered by the devotees.
Reports reaching from central Kashmir district of Badgam said no prayers were offered in main shrine, including the shrine of Hazrat Sheikh Nooruddin Wali at Charar-e-Sharie, and other worship place.
Similar reports were also received from south and north Kashmir, where main shrines and Jamia Masjids remained closed. However, Friday prayers were offered in local mosques in the Kashmir valley, including Srinagar.
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