Undeterred by train blast, 93 cross sides at Kaman Aman Setu on LOC

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 18:45 [IST]

Srinagar, Mar 1 (UNI) Undeterred by recent bomb blasts in the Samjhauta Express that killed 68 people, 93 passengers crossed sides at the 'Kaman Aman Setu (Peace Bridge)'' on the Line of Control (LoC) on board the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus today.

Official sources told UNI that 54 passengers arrived here from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) today.

The passengers included 29, who are coming here for the first time since 1947, to meet their relatives here while 25 others are returning back to their homes after meeting their relatives in POK.

The passengers crossed the Kaman Aman Setu on foot this afternoon after being cleared by the authorities.

The bus left from here x x x Eds: Pls pick up from para second of Dr 33 '' External Kashmir POK-Bus.

UNI

Topics: EXTERNAL-KASHMIR-LEAD POK-BUS

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